Cancellations of elective surgical procedures due to inadequate management of chronic medications.
Ana de Lorenzo-PintoCristina Ortega-NavarroAlmudena RibedÁlvaro Giménez-ManzorroSara Ibáñez-GarcíaÁngeles de Miguel-GuijarroMaría Dolores Ginel-FeitoAna HerranzMaría Sanjurjo-SáezPublished in: Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics (2019)
Inadequate management of chronic medications (2.4%) is not the most frequent reason for cancellation, although it is one of the easiest to avoid. Based on our results, starting in October 2017, the Pharmacy Department began to offer a pharmaceutical service to patients with doubts about the preoperative management of chronic medications.