Variation in preoperative stress testing by patient, physician and surgical type: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe variation in and drivers of contemporary preoperative cardiac stress testing.

Setting

A dedicated preoperative risk assessment and optimisation clinic at a large integrated medical centre from 2008 through 2018.

Participants

A cohort of 118 552 adult patients seen by 104 physicians across 159 795 visits to a preoperative risk assessment and optimisation clinic.

Main outcome

Referral for stress testing before major surgery, including nuclear, echocardiographic or electrocardiographic-only stress testing, within 30 days after a clinic visit.

Results

A total of 8303 visits (5.2%) resulted in referral for preoperative stress testing. Key patient factors associated with preoperative stress testing included predicted surgical risk, patie

SUBMITTER: Pappas MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477322 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature