New guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA), in collaboration with several other groups, are now available for the perioperative evaluation and ...

The 2024 guideline for cardiovascular management of adults undergoing noncardiac surgery reflects a decade of updates and new evidence since the guideline's last release in 2014. It is published today ...

BARCELONA, Spain—The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has issued new guidelines for the cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. The guidelines, which ...

Here are three factors that will be important for the success of anesthesia and perioperative services as a whole in the new year. “You want an anesthesia group that offers very strong leadership ...

Routine preoperative testing before low-risk surgery is widely viewed as having low value. A new research article indicates that routine preoperative testing before low-risk surgery is common despite ...

ASA Updates Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting The American Society of Anesthesiologists published updated guidelines on preoperative fasting in the March issue of Anesthesiology, adding a ...

A recent Cochrane review of three randomized trials evaluated the addition of routine medical testing to standard preoperative history and physical exams prior to age-related cataract surgery. Routine ...

HealthDay News — For patients undergoing mid urethral sling surgery, preoperative testing frequently does not adhere to national guidelines, according to a study published in the January issue of The ...

At worst, it can lead to more invasive testing and delay surgery, which can create complications that could have been avoided if the tests weren't done. There aren't that many areas in medicine where ...