2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered

Ryan Munyon; Steven L Cohn; Barbara Slawski; Gerald W Smetana; Kurt Pfeifer

doi:10.3949/ccjm.84a.17068

2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered

Cleve Clin J Med. 2017 Nov;84(11):863-872. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.84a.17068.

Authors

Ryan Munyon^{1

2}, Steven L Cohn^{3

4}, Barbara Slawski^{5

6

7

8}, Gerald W Smetana^{9

10}, Kurt Pfeifer¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Assistant Professor of Medicine, Penn State University, Hershey, PA, USA.
² Director, Consult and Co-management Services, General Internal Medicine, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA. rmunyon@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
³ Professor Emeritus, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
⁴ Director, Medical Consultation Service, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA.
⁵ Professor of Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
⁶ Chief, Section of Perioperative and Consultative Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
⁷ Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
⁹ Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
¹¹ Professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

PMID: 29173248
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.84a.17068

Abstract

The authors performed a MEDLINE search to identify articles published between January 2016 and April 2017 that had significant impact on perioperative care. They identified 6 topics for discussion.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Atrial Fibrillation / drug therapy
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Drug-Eluting Stents
Frail Elderly
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Perioperative Care / methods*
Perioperative Period
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / diagnosis
Surgical Procedures, Operative / adverse effects
Surgical Procedures, Operative / methods

Substances

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors