15 Aug 2024
Habits are the hardest behaviors to change. That's why concerns surrounding changes to #preoptesting practices are so common. Together, using evidence-based, data-driven recommendations, we can increase the rate of patients receiving the appropriate amount of preop testing.
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19 Jul 2023
This #preoptesting paper found most patients receive at least one test before low-risk surgery. The authors - including Dr. Nick Berlin - set out to identify determinants of testing to inform future QI initiatives. Read the manuscript now: bit.ly/3OilPIe
#WaivetheWorkup
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20 Jul 2020
17 Jul 2020
Re-visiting preoperative #SARSCoV2 testing using a Bayesian approach buff.ly/30lbIKC #COVID19 #CJA #CJA2020 #Anesthesia #Anesthesiology
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2 Jul 2020
To the lady absolutely screaming her dang head off during her COVID test in the car ahead of me:
It was not THAT bad. Not even close. Thanks for scaring me.
#PreOpTesting
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8 Apr 2020
Elective operations on pre-symptomatic
patients cause more advanced #COVID19? Of
34 pre-symptomatic patients from Wuhan who underwent surgery, 15 in ICU, 7 died. Patient selection bias in a retrospective study? Or increased risk from general anesthesia/intubation? #PreopTesting
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22 Oct 2019
Excellent talk by Dr Jake Schaff on #preoptesting at #anes2019 @CUMCAnesthesia on when to test and does it impact your care?? How do we assess functional capacity and what’s our team approach?
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15 Jun 2019
Spending our weekend in #DFW working hard on the finer points of data extraction to answer key questions in #gynsurgery as part of the @AAGL practice committee! #fibroids #preoptesting #MIGS @AngChaudhariMD @joyi1014
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19 Sep 2017
19 Sep 2017
Preoperative tests before elective #surgery: #INFOGRAPHIC #anesthesia #FOAMed bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i329…
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