Publications by authors named "T A Buchan"
Background: Surgical site infections continue to be a significant challenge following colorectal surgery. These can result in extended hospital stays, hospital readmissions, increased treatment costs, and negative effects on patients' quality of life. Antibiotic prophylaxis plays a crucial role in preventing infection during surgery, specifically in preventing surgical site infections after colorectal surgery in adult patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A recent study showed that the accuracy of heart failure (HF) cardiologists and family doctors to predict mortality in outpatients with HF proved suboptimal, performing less well than models.
Objectives: The authors sought to evaluate patient and physician factors associated with physician accuracy.
Methods: The authors included outpatients with HF from 11 HF clinics.
Objectives: Studies evaluating the effectiveness of care based on patients' risk of adverse outcomes (risk-guided care) use a variety of study designs. In this scoping review, using examples, we review characteristics of relevant studies and present key design features to optimize the trustworthiness of results.
Study Design And Setting: We searched five online databases for studies evaluating the effect of risk-guided care among adults on clinical outcomes, process, or cost.
Article Synopsis
- Postoperative delirium (POD) is a serious complication affecting nearly 1 in 5 patients after noncardiac surgery, with various preoperative and perioperative factors influencing its risk.
- A comprehensive analysis included data from 21 studies with over 8,000 patients to identify which risk factors significantly contribute to the development of POD.
- Key risk factors for POD identified include older age, higher ASA status, low body mass index, history of delirium, preoperative cognitive impairment, and elevated C-reactive protein levels.
Background: Many studies have demonstrated that physicians often err in estimating patient prognosis. No studies have directly compared physician to model predictive performance in heart failure (HF). We aimed to compare the accuracy of physician versus model predictions of 1-year mortality.
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