Effects of Preoperative Multidisciplinary Team Meetings for High-risk, Adult, Noncardiac Surgical Patients (PREPARATION)
Interdisciplinary Communication, Postoperative Complications, Noncardiac Surgery
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Interdisciplinary Communication focused on measuring multidisciplinary team meeting, preoperative, high risk surgical patients
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: 18 years of age or older; and American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Status (ASA-PS) score is 3 or more; and Clinical Frailty Scale score is 4 or more; and Patient is planned for elective or semi-elective noncardiac surgery; and As stated by the Dutch perioperative guideline: Doubt by the surgeon or anesthesiologist (or other discipline) regarding harm-benefit ratio of the surgical procedure; or Doubt if the correct measures were taken to limit the perioperative risk as much as possible; or Doubt if the patient agrees with the surgery or the anesthesiologic treatment and expected risks. Exclusion Criteria: no informed consent unable to communicate with patient (either directly or through third party) emergency surgery Proposed surgical intervention for which a structured preoperative multidisciplinary team meeting, similar to the current study intervention, already exists in this respective hospital at the start of the study
Sites / Locations
- Stichting Jeroen Bosch ZiekenhuisRecruiting
- Stichting Meander Medisch CentrumRecruiting
- Stichting OLVGRecruiting
- Gelre ZiekenhuisRecruiting
- Stichting Albert Schweitzer ZiekenhuisRecruiting
- Groene Hart ZiekenhuisRecruiting
- Universitair Medisch Centrum GroningenRecruiting
- Zuyderland Medisch CentrumRecruiting
- Maastricht Universitair Medisch CentrumRecruiting
- Stichting Nijmeegs Interconfessioneel Ziekenhuis Canisius WilhelminaRecruiting
- Stichting Bravis ZiekenhuisRecruiting
- Stichting Protestants Christelijk Ziekenhuis IkaziaRecruiting
- Maxima Medisch CentrumRecruiting
- Zaans Medisch CentrumRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Active Comparator
Preoperative care as usual
Structured preoperative multidisciplinary team meeting
Patients undergoing preoperative care as usual, which does not include a structured preoperative multidisciplinary team meeting (no sMDT meeting)
Patients are discussed preoperatively in a structured preoperative multidisciplinary team meeting