title: [Perioperative pharmacological treatment recommendations].
abstract: Despite the advances in surgical techniques and anaesthesia, there are still a significant number of postoperative complications in surgery, the most common being, surgical wound infections, sepsis, respiratory and cardiovascular complications, and thromboembolic events. All of these complications increase hospital stay, health costs and mortality. Different pharmacological perioperative strategies have been employed to reduce their incidence, but these have varied widely between hospitals, and even among professionals in the same hospital. In this article we review the recommendations of clinical practice guidelines on the medication routinely used in this situation, such as antibiotics, antithrombotics, analgesics and antiemetics.
authors: Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España. mcharud@telefonica.net
authors: Matilde
authors: M
authors: Cháfer Rudilla
authors: J Pablo
authors: JP
authors: Domínguez Rodríguez
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: Reyes Santana
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Gorchs Molist
authors: María de los Angeles
authors: Mde L
authors: Ocaña Gómez
authors: José Antonio
authors: JA
authors: Martín Conde
authors: Javier
authors: J
authors: Merino Alonso
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D006801:Humans; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019990:Perioperative Care; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000517:prevention & control*