New guidance on peri-operative care of transgender and gender-diverse individuals is today published in Anaesthesia (the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) to guide best practice to ensure ...

Today marks the beginning of Perioperative Nurse Week, which honors perioperative nurses for their role in patient safety and care, according to the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.

Guidelines included confirmation and use of the patient's preferred name and pronouns at all times. HealthDay News — In a guideline published online in Anaesthesia, recommendations for anesthetists ...

Keller Army Community Hospital has been recognized by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) as a Center ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — On average, people undergo about 10 surgical procedures in their lifetime, which can mean spending a lot of time prepping and recovering. This is where UPMC's Center for ...

—Because moderate or severe pain is common after surgery, and can hinder postoperative outcomes, it’s critical that care teams have recommendations that can facilitate pain management throughout the ...

For orthopedic surgery candidates with obesity, preoperative weight loss may not correlate with perioperative risk reduction ...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the world's largest nonprofit technical organization dedicated to the advancement of technology for the benefit of humanity, is keeping a sharp ...

Around one in ten operations across England are either cancelled within 24 hours or postponed due to inadequate patient ...

A regimen of pre-surgical immunotherapy and chemotherapy followed by post-surgical immunotherapy significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) and pathologic complete response (pCR) rates compared ...

All specific perioperative considerations, including name and pronouns, should be communicated to the team at surgical brief, per recent guideline. HealthDay News — In a guideline published online ...