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South African cardiovascular risk stratification guideline for non-cardiac surgery
S Afr Med J. 2021 Oct 29;111(10b):13424.ABSTRACTExecutive summary The South African (SA) guidelines for cardiac patients for non-cardiac surgery were developed to address the need for cardiac risk assessment and risk stratification for elective non-cardiac surgical patients in SA, and more broadly in Africa.The guidelines were developed by updating the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Management for Patients Who Undergo Non-cardiac Surgery, with a search of literature from African countries and recent publications. The updated proposed guidelines were then evaluated in...
Source: South African Medical Journal - May 3, 2022 Category: African Health Authors: C S Alphonsus N Naidoo P Motshabi Chakane I Cassimjee L Firfiray H Louwrens J Van der Westhuizen A Malan S Spijkerman H Kluyts N J Cloete T Kisten N B Nejthardt B M Biccard Source Type: research
A prospective observational study of preoperative natriuretic peptide testing in adult non-cardiac surgical patients in hospitals in Western Cape Province, South Africa
CONCLUSIONS: We strongly recommend that non-cardiac surgical patients aged ≥45 years undergoing intermediate- or high-risk non-cardiac surgery with a history of coronary artery disease/peripheral vascular disease, congestive cardiac failure, diabetes mellitus or elevated creatinine have preoperative NP testing as part of risk stratification.PMID:33944767 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i4.15226
Source: South African Medical Journal - May 4, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: C S Alphonsus M Jagga M Crowther E Coetzee G Davies Z Fullerton H A Van Zyl A Reed E Cloete J Roos F Roodt R N Rodseth B M Biccard Collaborators for EPIC2: BNP study Source Type: research
