The development of a nurse-led preoperative anaesthesia screening tool by Delphi consensus

CONCLUSION: A structured nurse-administered preoperative screening tool is proposed to identify high-risk patients who are likely to benefit from a timely preoperative specialist anaesthetist review to avoid cancellation on the day of surgery.PMID:38525581 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2024.v114i2.1306

Source: South African Medical Journal - March 25, 2024 Category: African Health Authors: M B Nejthardt P Alexandris S Bechan M F A Bijli S Chetty J M Dippenaar M Gibbs M Johnson H Kluyts R Llewellyn M Motiang P Mogane P Motshabi B Mrara F Roodt U Singh S Spijkerman E Turton J Van der Westhuizen B Biccard Source Type: research