Virtual preoperative assessment in surgical patients : A systematic review and meta-analysis

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STUDY OBJECTIVE: Preoperative assessment is a standard evaluation, traditionally done in-person in a preanesthesia clinic, for patients who will be undergoing a procedure involving anesthesia. Given the increased adoption of virtual care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to review the effectiveness of virtual preoperative assessment for the evaluation of surgical patients.

DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

SETTING: MEDLINE (Ovid), MEDLINE InProcess/ePubs, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched from the initial coverage of the respective database to May 2021. A manual citation search of Google Scholar and PubMed was conducted to identify missed articles. Continued literature surveillance was done through July 2021.

PATIENTS: Patients aged 18 years and older undergoing virtual preoperative anesthesia assessment.

INTERVENTIONS: Virtual preoperative assessment.

MEASUREMENTS: Surgery cancellation rates, patient experience, resources saved, staff experience, success in using the data collected to diagnose and manage patients.

MAIN RESULTS: Fifteen studies (n = 31,496 patients) were included in this review. The average age of patients was 58 ± 15 years, and 47% were male. Virtual preoperative assessment resulted in similar surgery cancellation rates compared to in-person evaluation, with a pooled cancellation rate of 2% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1-3%). Most studies reported a positive patient experience, with a pooled estimate of 90% (95% CI, 81-95%). There was a high success rate in using the information collected with virtual care, in the range of 92-100%, to diagnose and manage patients resulting in time and cost savings in the range of 24-137 min and $60-67 per patient.

CONCLUSIONS: This systematic review and meta-analysis demonstrates the utility of virtual care for preoperative assessment of surgical patients. Virtual preanesthesia evaluation had similar surgery cancellation rates, high patient satisfaction, and reduced costs compared to in-person evaluation.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Clin Anesth. 2022 Feb;76:110563. - PMID 34743955

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:75

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical anesthesia - 75(2021) vom: 20. Dez., Seite 110540

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Kevin [VerfasserIn]
Rashid-Kolvear, Matin [VerfasserIn]
Waseem, Rida [VerfasserIn]
Englesakis, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Frances [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anesthesia
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Preoperative assessment
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Surgery
Systematic Review
Telehealth
Telemedicine
Virtual care

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Date Completed 22.11.2021

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Clin Anesth. 2022 Feb;76:110563. - PMID 34743955

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jclinane.2021.110540

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NLM331898837