Increased Healthcare Utilization for Medical Comorbidities Prior to Surgery Improves Postoperative Outcomes

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of optimization of preoperative comorbidities by nonsurgical clinicians on short-term postoperative outcomes.Preoperative comorbidities can have substantial effects on operative risk and outcomes. The modifiability of these comorbidity-associated surgical risks remains poorly understood.We identified patients with a major comorbidity (eg, diabetes, heart failure) undergoing an elective...