perioperative

adjective peri·op·er·a·tive \ ˌper-ē-ˈä-p(ə-)rə-tiv , -pə-ˌrā- \

Definition of perioperative

: relating to, occurring in, or being the period around the time of a surgical operation

perioperative morbidity

perioperative nursing

Recent Examples of perioperative from the Web

This includes perioperative services, surgical clinics, surgical physician services organization, transplant, trauma, departmental multimedia team, division and departmental administration and departmental research.

— staff report, Houston Chronicle, "Nora's Home welcomes new board members," 4 Apr. 2018
The cause was pancreatic cancer, said Dr. Steven L. Shafer, a professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at Stanford University, and the editor of a coming autobiography of Dr. Eger.

— denise grady, New York Times, "Dr. Edmond Eger II, 86, Dies; Found Way to Make Anesthesia Safer," 20 Sep. 2017
Brill, 65, is a professor emeritus of clinical anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at UCLA.

— CBS News, "Child organ donor's death under investigation by Los Angeles police," 13 June 2017
Koliwad, who has been studying microglia for several years and also specializes in diabetes research, collaborated on the study with Dr. Mervyn Maze, professor of anesthesia and perioperative care at UCSF.

— tracy seipel, The Mercury News, "UCSF study: Temporary memory loss after surgery may be tied to brain’s immune cells," 6 Apr. 2017

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