Preoperative assessment
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Preoperative assessment 
Nurse‐led versus doctor‐led preoperative assessment for elective surgical patients requiring regional or general anaesthesia- Preoperative education for hip or knee replacement: Cochrane systematic review
- Preoperative fasting for prevention of perioperative complications in children
- Preoperative radiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma
- Melatonin for preoperative anxiety in adults
- Preoperative analgesics for additional pain relief in children and adolescents having dental treatment
- Preoperative nutrition therapy in people undergoing gastrointestinal surgery
- Preoperative bathing or showering with skin antiseptics to prevent surgical site infection
- Preoperative vascular access evaluation for haemodialysis patients
- Preoperative chemotherapy for resectable thoracic esophageal cancer: Cochrane systematic review
- Preoperative physical therapy for elective cardiac surgery patients
- Preoperative chemotherapy for women with operable breast cancer
- Routine preoperative medical testing for cataract surgery
- Preoperative carbohydrate treatment for enhancing recovery after elective surgery
- Preoperative fasting for preventing perioperative complications in children: Cochrane systematic review
- Erythropoietin plus iron versus control treatment including placebo or iron for preoperative anaemic adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery
- Preoperative inspiratory muscle training for postoperative pulmonary complications in adults undergoing cardiac and major abdominal surgery
- Laparoscopic-endoscopic rendezvous versus preoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy in people undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy for stones in the gallbladder and bile duct: Cochrane systematic review
- Preoperative coronary interventions for preventing acute myocardial infarction in the perioperative period of major open vascular or endovascular surgery
- Preoperative exercise training for people with non‐small cell lung cancer
- Iron therapy for preoperative anaemia
- Melatonin for preoperative and postoperative anxiety in adults
- Music interventions for preoperative anxiety: Cochrane systematic review
- Preoperative fasting for adults to prevent perioperative complications: Cochrane systematic review
- Preoperative blood transfusions for sickle cell disease
Benefit vs risk of urinary incontinence surgery at the time of pelvic organ prolapse surgery- Interventions for preoperative smoking cessation: Cochrane systematic review
- Preoperative radiotherapy and curative surgery for the management of localised rectal carcinoma
- CABG not effective in patients with ischemic LV dysfunction
- Preoperative skin antiseptics for preventing surgical wound infections after clean surgery
- Oestrogen therapy for treating pelvic organ prolapse in postmenopausal women
- Combination chemotherapy versus single‐agent chemotherapy during preoperative chemoradiation for resectable rectal cancer
- HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for preventing acute kidney injury after surgical procedures requiring cardiac bypass
- Surgical and non‐surgical interventions for primary and salvage treatment of growth hormone‐secreting pituitary adenomas in adults
- Preoperative ripening of the cervix before operative hysteroscopy
- Pre‐operative intra aortic balloon pumps in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
- Timing of intravenous prophylactic antibiotics for preventing postpartum infectious morbidity in women undergoing cesarean delivery: Cochrane systematic review
- High versus low ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery in curative surgery for non‐metastatic rectal cancer
- Interventions for replacing missing teeth: antibiotics at dental implant placement to prevent complications
- Preoperative combined mechanical and oral antibiotic bowel preparation for preventing complications in elective colorectal surgery
- Interventions for the management of submucous cleft palate
- Diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) for the preoperative locoregional staging of primary gastric cancer
- Preoperative medical therapy before surgery for uterine fibroids
- Surgical interventions for vertical strabismus in superior oblique palsy
- Pre‐emptive and preventive opioids for postoperative pain in adults undergoing all types of surgery
- The comparative and added prognostic value of biomarkers to the Revised Cardiac Risk Index for preoperative prediction of major adverse cardiac events and all‐cause mortality in patients who undergo noncardiac surgery
- Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent surgical site infection after breast cancer surgery
- Systemic antibiotics for symptomatic apical periodontitis and acute apical abscess in adults
- Effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on postoperative renal function in adults with normal renal function: Cochrane systematic review
- Prehabilitation versus no prehabilitation to improve functional capacity, reduce postoperative complications and improve quality of life in colorectal cancer surgery
- Preoperative statin therapy for adults undergoing cardiac surgery
- Calcitonin testing for detection of medullary thyroid cancer in people with thyroid nodules
- Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy guided by intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring (IOPTH) and preoperative imaging versus bilateral neck exploration for primary hyperparathyroidism in adults
- Examining a patient with a thyroid complaint
- Cyanoacrylate microbial sealants for skin preparation prior to surgery
- Skin preparation for preventing infection following caesarean section
- Preoperative hair removal to reduce surgical site infection
- Perioperative systemic nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in women undergoing breast surgery
- Red blood cell transfusion for people undergoing hip fracture surgery: Cochrane systematic review
- Intraoperative local anaesthesia for reduction of postoperative pain following general anaesthesia for dental treatment in children and adolescents
- Antibiotic use for irreversible pulpitis
- Positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for assessing tumour resectability in advanced epithelial ovarian/fallopian tube/primary peritoneal cancer
- Techniques for caesarean section
- Preoperative smoking cessation and postoperative complications
- Intravesical electromotive drug administration for non‐muscle invasive bladder cancer
- Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS)
- Regional (spinal, epidural, caudal) versus general anaesthesia in preterm infants undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy in early infancy
- Top 10 strategies to improve patient safety