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The perioperative period is the period of a patient's surgical procedure.[1] It commonly includes ward admission, anesthesia, surgery, and recovery. Perioperative may refer to the three phases of surgery: preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative, though it is a term most often used for the first and third of these only - a term which is often specifically utilized to imply 'around' the time of the surgery. The primary concern of perioperative care is to provide better conditions for patients before an operation (sometimes construed as during operation) and after an operation.[2]
- ^ "Perioperative Management". Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures. New York, NY: Springer New York. 2010. pp. 4284–4284. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-78665-0_6329.
The management of the patient in the time period immediately before, during and after surgery.
- ^ Spry, Cynthia. Essentials of Perioperative Nursing. 3rd ed. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. 2005.