A perioperative care map improves outcomes in patients with morbid obesity undergoing major surgery.
Boodaie BD, Bui AH, Feldman DL, Brodman M, Shamamian P, Kaleya R, Rosenblatt M, Somerville D, Kischak P, Leitman IM.
Boodaie BD, et al.
Surgery. 2018 Feb;163(2):450-456. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.09.047. Epub 2017 Nov 28.
Surgery. 2018.
PMID: 29195738
This care map was implemented in 2013 at 4 major urban teaching hospitals for use in patients undergoing all types of nonambulatory surgery with a body mass index greater than 40 kg/m(2). The impact on patient outcomes was evaluated. METHODS: The American College of Surgeo …
This care map was implemented in 2013 at 4 major urban teaching hospitals for use in patients undergoing all types of nonambulatory surgery …