Guidelines and Case Studies

Case Studies (developed by POPS Network Sites)

Cohort One

• Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

• Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Cohort Two

• Whipps Cross Hospital

• Kings College Hospital

Studies

Including the voice of older people in the co-design of perioperative pathways of care

Future Healthcare Journal 2023 Vol 10, No 2: 1–4

External references

• The measurement of adult blood pressure and management of hypertension before elective surgery British Hypertension Society, March 2016

• Guideline for Perioperative Care for People with Living with Frailty Undergoing Elective and Emergency Surgery - Guidance document CPOC, September 2021

• Guideline for Perioperative Care for People with Living with Frailty Undergoing Elective and Emergency Surgery - Infographic CPOC September 2021

• Capturing beneficial change from the COVID-19 pandemic. Response from the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) July 2020

• I'm still me - a narrative for coordinated care support for older people December 2014

• Access all ages - assessing the impact of age on access to surgical treatment Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2012

• Reducing harm from polypharmacy in older people, Improvement Academy (part of York AHSN) August 2017

• Joint Statement on clinical selection for Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI). British Cardiovascular Society, Society for Cardiothoracic Society and British Cardiovascular Intervention Society, August 2017

• CPOC- Perioperative Care of People with Diabetes Undergoing Surgery

• List of GSTT guidelines:

  • Acute management of AF

  • Management of hyponatraemia

  • Perioperative anticoagulation bridging of patients with mechanical heart valves

  • Perioperative bridging for patients taking DOACs

  • Perioperative bridging of warfarin in elective surgery

  • Perioperative cardiac pacing instructions

  • Perioperative management of OSA

  • Perioperative management of Parkinsons

  • Perioperative management of sickle cell in adults

  • Perioperative management of bradyarrhythmias and heart block in non-cardiac surgery

  • Prevention, recognition and management of delirium

  • POPS Criteria for POAC Anaesthetic Review

  • GSTT trauma pathway