Impact of a preoperative pharmaceutical consultation in scheduled orthopedic surgery on admission: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication errors have a high prevalence in surgery and management of home medication is strongly involved in these errors. In scheduled surgery, the preoperative consultation is a privileged time to inform the patient about the management of her/his home medication before admission. This study assessed the impact of a pre-anesthesia best possible medication history (PA-BPMH) on admission. The PA-BPMH was performed by a clinical pharmacist prior to the anesthesia consultation for anesthesiologists to prescribe admission medical orders for scheduled orthopedic surgery patients.

Methods

This was a prospective observational study which was carried out in an orthopedic surgery department. All patients over 18 years old with an elective orthopedic surgery were eligible

SUBMITTER: Renaudin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7427279 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature