TY - JOUR
AU - Pufulete, M.
AB - Prehabilitation is the practice of enhancing a patient's functional capacity before surgery, with the aim of improving postoperative outcomes [1]. Research into prehabilitation was identified as one of the top 10 priorities for cardiac surgery [2]. Cardiac surgery has two distinct treatment pathways; approximately half of the 32,000 adult cardiac surgery episodes in the UK per year are planned (mean waiting time of 104 days) and half are urgent inpatients (mean waiting time of 11 days), plus a small number of emergency cases [3]. In order to maximise the potential for improved patient outcomes, prehabilitation in both pathways must be addressed. This survey was designed to understand how pre‐operative cardiac surgical pathways are structured across the UK, and to what extent prehabilitation is implemented.An online survey was developed and piloted by a multidisciplinary research team (online Supporting Information, Appendix S1). All 35 centres performing cardiac surgery in the UK were contacted and sent the online link (SurveyMonkey). Sites were defined by geography rather than NHS Trust and the most appropriate person (anaesthetist, surgeon or service manager) was identified and asked to complete the survey.Thirty‐four of the 35 cardiac surgery centres (97%) responded to the survey. The results are shown in Table 1. In 21/34 
TI - Pre‐operative and prehabilitation services in UK cardiac surgery centres
JF - Anaesthesia
DO - 10.1111/anae.15918
DA - 2023-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/pre-operative-and-prehabilitation-services-in-uk-cardiac-surgery-7zTic1qVEF
SP - 388
EP - 391
VL - 78
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -