The effects of preoperative point-of-care focused cardiac ultrasound in high-risk patients: study protocol for a prospective randomised controlled trial.

CONCLUSIONS: The knowledge generated from this study may facilitate changes in the anaesthesia evaluation and decision process and, consequently, in the entire perioperative anaesthesia clinical practice. The study has the potential to reduce the risk of perioperative cardiopulmonary complications which directly implies improved patient outcome and reduced hospital costs. FUNDING: The Research Fund of the Department of Anaesthesiology, Randers Regional Hospital, The Central Denmark Region's Medical Research Fund and the Hospital of Southern Jutland. TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT03501927. PMID: 31908251 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Danish Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Dan Med J Source Type: research