Abstract
Injury or failure of vital organs in the perioperative period leads to increased morbidity, mortality, and length of stay. Derangements in cardiovascular and metabolic functions are the predominant causes of nonrenal morbidity in the postoperative period. Although the outcomes of multiorgan injury could be interlinked, approaches to minimize the risk of injury to each vital organ system need to be planned and developed for each individual. This calls for a collaborative strategy for risk evaluation, optimization, and management by a multidisciplinary team involving the primary care provider, hospitalist, subspecialist, anesthesiologist, and surgeon during the perioperative period. Individualized approaches for preservation of vital organ function are likely to provide better patient outcomes after surgery.
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Deitelzweig, S., Ravipati, L.N.P. (2015). Serious Perioperative Complications: Hospital Medicine Perspectives. In: Thakar, C., Parikh, C. (eds) Perioperative Kidney Injury. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1273-5_2
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