[Perioperative pharmacological treatment recommendations].
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.
Cháfer Rudilla
Matilde
M
Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, España. mcharud@telefonica.net
Domínguez Rodríguez
J Pablo
JP
Reyes Santana
Ana
A
Gorchs Molist
Marta
M
Ocaña Gómez
María de los Angeles
Mde L
Martín Conde
José Antonio
JA
Merino Alonso
Javier
J
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*