Pre-admission interventions (prehabilitation) to improve outcome after major elective surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the benefits and harms of pre-admission interventions (prehabilitation) on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing major elective surgery.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) (published or unpublished). We searched Medline, Embase, CENTRAL, DARE, HTA and NHS EED, The Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PsychINFO and ISI Web of Science (June 2020).

Setting

Secondary care.

Participants

Patients (≥18 years) undergoing major elective surgery (curative or palliative).

Interventions

Any intervention administered in the preoperative period with the aim of improving postoperative outcomes.

Outcomes and measures

Primary outcomes were 30-day mortality, hospital length of stay (LoS) and postope

SUBMITTER: Perry R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8487197 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature