perioperative
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- adjective
- /ˌpɛriˈɒpərətɪv/
- Specialized
- Therefore, prevention of hypothermia is a mainstay of the perioperative management of patients undergoing surgery and anesthesia.
- perioperative period
- perioperative mortality
- perioperative care
Examples
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Venous thromboembolism is a common complication in the perioperative period in injured patients.
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Cardiovascular events are the major cause of perioperative morbidity in patients undergoing anesthesia.
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I have been a consultant nurse in perioperative care at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust since 2006.
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The National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths was started in 1984.
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Reduction of the baseline risk requires a commitment to risk reduction over the entire perioperative period.
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In Britain, the opportunities for ODPs within the perioperative environment are equivalent to those of theatre nurses.
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In the first year of training, the students alternate between two distinct areas of perioperative care: surgery and anaesthetics.
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Colorectal surgery is still associated with a substantial rate of perioperative infectious complications.
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There is growing evidence that preoperative optimization of organ function can substantially improve perioperative outcomes.
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The perioperative team prepared the patient thoroughly before the surgery to ensure the best possible outcome.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Perioperative comes from peri- meaning 'around' and operative from the word 'operate' meaning 'to do surgery'. So perioperative describes care and events that happen around an operation, before, during, and after it.