Perioperative outcomes in intermediate and high-risk patients after major surgery following introduction of a dedicated perioperative medicine team: A single centre cohort study.

Intermediate and high-risk patients undergoing surgery are often managed on a surgical ward in the absence of haemodynamic or ventilatory support requirements necessitating intensive care unit or high dependency unit admission. We describe a model of care for the multidisciplinary management of selected postoperative patients and the epidemiology of patients managed using this model at a tertiary Australian hospital.Of 25,139 patients undergoing inpatient surgery at our institution over a two-year period, 506 (2%) were referred to the Perioperative Medicine team.

The prevalence of perioperative iron deficiency anaemia in women undergoing caesarean section-a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Caesarean section is a common surgery, with almost 23 million procedures performed globally each year. Postpartum haemorrhage, in association with caesarean section surgery, is a leading global cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Perioperative iron deficiency anaemia is a risk factor for intraoperative bleeding.

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Other Tests of Functional Capacity.

Purpose Of Review: Assessment of functional capacity is a cornerstone of preoperative risk assessment. While subjective clinician assessment of functional capacity is poorly predictive of postoperative outcomes, other objective functional assessment measures may provide more useful information.

Recent Findings: Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is generally accepted as the gold standard for functional capacity assessment.

Characteristics, comorbidity burden and outcomes in centenarians undergoing surgery in a university hospital: A case series.

Introduction: As the population ages, so too does the age of those requiring surgery. People over the age of 100, centenarians, often have a greater degree of comorbidity and frailty than their younger counterparts but may also have a greater incidence of events requiring surgical intervention. There is, however, a dearth of literature describing the clinical course and practical considerations for this vulnerable population undergoing surgery.