Postoperative acute kidney injury (PO-AKI) is a common complication of major surgery that
is strongly associated with short-term surgical complications and long-term adverse …

Background There is a need for robust, clearly defined, patient-relevant outcome measures
for use in randomised trials in perioperative medicine. Our objective was to establish …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine hospital services globally. This
study estimated the total number of adult elective operations that would be cancelled …

Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has disrupted routine hospital services globally. This
study estimated the total number of adult elective operations that would be cancelled …

Background Functional capacity is an important component of risk assessment for major
surgery. Doctors' clinical subjective assessment of patients' functional capacity has uncertain …

Importance Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) care has been reported to be
associated with improvements in outcomes after colorectal surgery compared with traditional …

Background Advancing age is independently associated with poor postoperative outcomes.
The ageing of the general population is a major concern for healthcare providers. Trends in …

Background: Despite evidence of high activity, the number of surgical procedures performed
in UK hospitals, their cost and subsequent mortality remain unclear. Methods: Time-trend …

BACKGROUND Although prehabilitation programmes for patients undergoing major intra-
abdominal cancer surgery have been shown to improve pre-operative physical fitness, the …

Abstract Editor's Perspective What We Already Know about This Topic Days alive and out of
hospital is an easily obtained patient-centered outcome What This Article Tells Us That Is …