Recommendations from the Italian intersociety consensus on Perioperative Anesthesia Care in Thoracic surgery (PACTS) part 1: preadmission and preoperative care.
Federico PiccioniAndrea DroghettiAlessandro BertaniCecilia CocciaAntonio CorcioneAngelo Guido CorsicoRoberto CrisciCarlo CurcioCarlo Del NajaPaolo FeltraccoDiego FontanaAlessandro GonfiottiCamillo LopezDomenico MassulloMario NosottiRiccardo RagazziMarco RispoliStefano RomagnoliRaffaele ScalaLuigia ScudellerMarco TaurchiniSilvia TognellaMarzia UmariFranco ValenzaFlavia Petrininull nullnull nullnull nullnull nullnull nullnull nullPublished in: Perioperative medicine (London, England) (2020)
These recommendations should help pulmonologists to improve preoperative management in thoracic surgery patients. Further refinement of the recommendations can be anticipated as the literature continues to evolve.