The effects of preoperative focused cardiac ultrasound in high-risk patients: A randomised controlled trial (PREOPFOCUS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgery is the third most common cause of mortality worldwide. Focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) yields information on cardiac status and discloses the presence of unknown pathology. Preoperative FOCUS changes patient treatment, allowing for a patient-tailored anaesthesia. We hypothesised that preoperative FOCUS would reduce the proportion of patients who were either admitted to hospital for more than 10 days or who were dead within 30 days after high-risk, non-cardiac surgery.

Methods

This was a randomised, controlled, multi-center study. Patients ≥65 years of age, admitted for urgent orthopaedic- or abdominal surgery, scheduled for general- or neuraxial anaesthesia and with ASA 3/4 were eligible for inclusion. Patients were randomised in a 1:1 ratio to preopera

SUBMITTER: Pallesen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9804977 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature