Centre for Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
Perioper Med (Lond). 2013 Jul 3;2(1):16. doi: 10.1186/2047-0525-2-16.
Perioperative medicine is difficult to define, and thus, its progress may be hindered until internationally accepted definitions can be established within the field. The immediate agenda for perioperative physicians should be to agree upon such definitions in order to facilitate advancements in research, audits and outcome measurements. The REASON study, looking at institutions throughout New Zealand and Australia, confirmed that postoperative complications and mortality are important areas for multicentre trials.
围手术期医学难以定义，因此，其发展可能会受到阻碍，直到该领域能够确立国际公认的定义。围手术期医师的当务之急应该是就此类定义达成一致，以促进研究、审核和结果测量方面的进展。对新西兰和澳大利亚各地机构进行研究的 REASON 研究证实，术后并发症和死亡率是多中心试验的重要领域。
