Key words postoperative complications - intraoperative complications - preoperative care - surgery - venous thromboembolism
This paper derives from the presentation: Update in Perioperative Medicine at the 29th annual session of SGIM, April 2006.
Dr. Smetana has received honoraria from Harvard Medical International/Novartis Pharma Schweiz (course director), and is on
the advisory board of Safe Med Imaging Harvard Expert Panel. Dr. Cohn is on the speakers bureaus of Sanofi-Aventis and Pfizer,
and has stock ownership in Astra-Zeneca, Glako, Merck, and Pfizer. Dr. Mercado has given expert testimony for ProMutual Group,
Boston, MA, in the past 3 years. Dr. Jaffer has been a consultant for Astra-Zeneca and Sanofi-Aventis in the past 3 years,
has received honoraria and is on the speakers bureau of Astra-Zeneca, and has received grant and research support from Astra-Zeneca
in the past 3 years.