Guidelines for preoperative administration of patients' home medications.
Currently, there are no agreed upon guidelines for the administration of preoperative medications. Institutional guidelines were formulated after a review of the literature, recommendations by experts, and a consensus among anesthesiologists, surgeons, pharmacists, and nursing educators. These guidelines were then provided to the preadmission staff to instruct patients regarding preoperative medications. These guidelines will have to be reassessed periodically as new medications and medical evidence emerge.
Department of Anesthesia, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada.
Waseem
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Ashraf
David T
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Wong
Michael
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Ronayne
Donna
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Williams
D002170:Canada; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000451:nursing*