Stress Testing Before Low-Risk Surgery

Stress testing before low-risk surgery: so many recommendations, so little overuse.

and cost reductions. Doing so might be accomplished with traditional methods of evidence-based recommendations, such as systematic review and health technology assessment. Alternatively, one might leverage already-generated lists of practices that are known to have evidence of harm and are high in cost. Several such lists already exist, with groups having completed systematic reviews as well as...

Stress Management in Patients before Surgery

عمل جراحی گذشته از نوع وسعت آن، یک وضعیت استرس زای شدیدبرای هر بیمار است.قبل از عمل بیمار با ترسها و نگرانیهای گوناگون در رابطه بابیماری و عمل از جمله تصور احساس در پس از جراحی روبرو شده و دچار ترس و اضطراب می گردد.

Re: a randomized trial of urodynamic testing before stress-incontinence surgery.

BACKGROUND Urodynamic studies are commonly performed in women before surgery for stress urinary incontinence, but there is no good evidence that they improve outcomes. METHODS We performed a multicenter, randomized, noninferiority trial involving women with uncomplicated, demonstrable stress urinary incontinence to compare outcomes after preoperative office evaluation and urodynamic tests or ...

[Urodynamic testing before stress-incontinence surgery in women: cost-effectiveness analysis and ethical considerations].

Non-invasive cardiac stress testing before elective major non-cardiac surgery: population based cohort study

OBJECTIVE To determine the association of non-invasive cardiac stress testing before elective intermediate to high risk non-cardiac surgery with survival and hospital stay. DESIGN Population based retrospective cohort study. SETTING Acute care hospitals in Ontario, Canada, between 1 April 1994 and 31 March 2004. PARTICIPANTS Patients aged 40 years or older who underwent specific elective ...