Anesthesia interventions that alter perioperative mortality: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With over 230 million surgical procedures performed annually worldwide, better application of evidence in anesthesia and perioperative medicine may reduce widespread variation in clinical practice and improve patient care. However, a comprehensive summary of the complete available evidence has yet to be conducted. This scoping review aims to map the existing literature investigating perioperative anesthesia interventions and their potential impact on patient mortality, to inform future knowledge translation and ultimately improve perioperative clinical practice.

Methods

Searches were conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library databases from inception to March 2015. Study inclusion criteria were adult patients, surgical procedures requiring anes

SUBMITTER: Boet S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6267894 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature