{"id":1053476,"date":"2012-08-26T15:48:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T15:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/neurology\/managing-perioperative-risk-in-patients-undergoing-elective-non-cardiac-surgery-bmj-review.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:51:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:51:43","slug":"managing-perioperative-risk-in-patients-undergoing-elective-non-cardiac-surgery-bmj-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/managing-perioperative-risk-in-patients-undergoing-elective-non-cardiac-surgery-bmj-review.php","title":{"rendered":"Managing perioperative risk in patients undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery &#8211; BMJ review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/2608\/483\/1600\/Surgery_pd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/29d52_Surgery_pd.jpg\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a>Non-cardiac surgery has a low overall mortality but is associated with a large number of deaths because so many procedures are performed (250 million major surgical procedures worldwide per year).<\/p><p>Assuming a hospital mortality rate of 1%, non-cardiac surgery will be associated with 2.5 million deaths worldwide each year and complication rates at least five times this figure.<\/p><p>15% of people who undergo inpatient surgery are at high risk of complications, such as pneumonia or myocardial infarction.<\/p><p>Most deaths occur in a group of patients who are at high risk because of:<\/p><p>- advanced age<br>- comorbid disease<br>- major surgery <\/p><p>High risk surgical patients account for 80% of all perioperative deaths. <\/p><p>Further research is needed to identify the most effective approaches to perioperative medicine for high risk patients.<\/p><p>References:<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/343\/bmj.d5759\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Managing perioperative risk in patients undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery<\/a>.&nbsp;BMJ 2011; 343 doi: 10.1136\/bmj.d5759 (Published 5 October 2011),&nbsp;Cite this as: BMJ 2011;343:d5759<\/p><p>Image source: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Surgery_pd.jpg\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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