Guidelines & Recommendations The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) has published a clinical guideline that presents a comprehensive approach to perioperative risk assessment and management in patients with cirrhosis – a population that it says presents “unique surgical risks.” The guideline emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to preoperative evaluation, perioperative care, and postoperative follow-up.…
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has released what it calls the first national framework that outlines measurable workplace standards for surgeons. The framework, “Developing Specialty-Specific Workplace Standards for Surgeons,” was published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS). ACS states that the demands placed on surgeons, including…
A free clinical report published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) examines the role that pediatricians should play in evaluating and preparing patients and families for anesthesia and surgery. It focuses on two major areas of concern. The first is preparation and optimization of the…
