The effects of preoperative focused cardiac ultrasound in high-risk patients: A randomised controlled trial (PREOPFOCUS).

Jan PallesenRajesh BhavsarJesper FjølnerSkule Arnesen BakkeJan KrogMikkel Andreas Strømgaard AndersenMichael Helbo BøndergaardThomas Damgaard JessingLone MortensenMichael Bugge NielsenMarianne VangLaima MalachauskienéPeter Juhl-Olsen

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2022)

The routine availability of preoperative FOCUS assessment in this cohort does not appear to reduce the risk for hospitalisation exceeding 10 days or 30-day mortality, although study enrolment was prematurely terminated.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
patients undergoing
newly diagnosed
magnetic resonance imaging
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
left ventricular
risk factors
type diabetes
health insurance
heart failure
cardiovascular disease
ultrasound guided
patient reported
contrast enhanced ultrasound