title: Evidence in perioperative care.
abstract: Perioperative care is comprised of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care. Given the vulnerable status of the perioperative patient, coupled with the complex nature of these areas, evidence-based practice and clinical decision-making must be rooted in high-quality evidence for safe and effective patient and family care. Evidence-based practice is comprised of patient and family preferences, clinical expertise, and best available evidence. This article showcases systematic reviews that have focused on clinical issues within the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care areas. A case study presents the importance of applying best available evidence to solve a thorny clinical problem and improve patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: TCU Center of Evidence Based Practice and Research: A Collaborating Center of the Joanna Briggs Institute, School of Nurse Anesthesia, Texas Christian University, TCU Box 298626, Fort Worth, TX 76108, USA. Electronic address: d.riddle@tcu.edu.
authors.forename: Dru
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Riddle
authors.affiliation: Institute for Nursing Excellence, UCSF Centre for Evidence-Based Patient and Family Care: An Affiliate Centre if the Joanna Briggs Institute, Surgical Services Node, Joanna Briggs Institute, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, 2233 Post Street, Suite 201, Box 1834, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA. Electronic address: Daphne.stannard@ucsfmedctr.org.
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stannard
mesh_terms: D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care
keywords: Evidence-based practice; Perioperative; Systematic review