Hi everyone,
I am doing a research project with a surgeon.
The project looks at patient's co-morbid conditions as identified by the surgeons and us in the pre-operative clinic. We identify patient conditions which may lead to increased post-operative complications (ie. age, diabetes, coronary disease, previous CVA, etc).
I am wondering if anyone is aware of any research out there that already exists looking into this.
Specifically, I am asking if there are actual well known patient risk factors for surgeries ("major" surgeries requiring GA). I am looking for literature that lists a number of patient's pre-morbid conditions before the surgery so that I can use that as a source to support or refute the conditions that we have identified.
Hope that makes sense. Plesae let me know.
thanks
Dr. Brian Feldman
I am doing a research project with a surgeon.
The project looks at patient's co-morbid conditions as identified by the surgeons and us in the pre-operative clinic. We identify patient conditions which may lead to increased post-operative complications (ie. age, diabetes, coronary disease, previous CVA, etc).
I am wondering if anyone is aware of any research out there that already exists looking into this.
Specifically, I am asking if there are actual well known patient risk factors for surgeries ("major" surgeries requiring GA). I am looking for literature that lists a number of patient's pre-morbid conditions before the surgery so that I can use that as a source to support or refute the conditions that we have identified.
Hope that makes sense. Plesae let me know.
thanks
Dr. Brian Feldman