Table 1 The views of respondents regarding the key components of perioperative care.
More commonly considered a key component of perioperative care (> 50% responded) | Less commonly considered a key component of perioperative care (< 50% responded) |
|---|---|
Preoperative assessment (96%) | Rehabilitation goal setting/discharge planning (48%) |
Identification of comorbidity (93%) | Longer term post-discharge follow-up of medical complications (37%) |
Medication optimisation (93%) | Taking consent for surgery (33%) |
Anaesthetic planning (93%) | Following up surgical complications (24%) |
Risk quantification (92%) | |
Anaesthetising the patient (88%) | |
Identification of geriatric syndromes (81%) | |
Consent for anaesthesia (79%) | |
Managing postoperative medical complications (79%) | |
Assessment of capacity to consent to procedure (66%) | |
Postoperative pharmacological review (57%) |