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Evaluation of drug therapy in patients before major orthopaedic surgery from the perspective of a general practitioner: a real-world study
Aim. To evaluate the structure of cardiovascular pharmacotherapy prescribed during the preoperative period including antihypertensive, antiarrhythmic, antianginal, lipid-lowering, and antiplatelet drugs and to analyze its compliance with clinical indications in patients scheduled for elective orthopedic interventions on the major joints of the lower extremities. Materials and methods. This prospective, single-center cohort study included 1,733 patients. In all patients, a detailed medical history was obtained, an a …