The future of postoperative quality of recovery assessment: Multidimensional, dichotomous, and directed to individualize care to patients after surgery

Abstract

Purpose of review Recovery after surgery is a complex interplay of the patient, the surgery, and the perioperative anaesthesia management. Assessment of recovery should address the needs of multiple stakeholders, including the institutions and healthcare providers, but primarily should be focused on the patients and their perception of quality of recovery and return to normalcy. This review will summarize the development of assessment of recovery to a multidimensional dichotomous construct that requires a real-time assessment tool validated for repeat measures and containing cognitive assessment. Recent findings Recovery is neither defined by a single composite number nor is it quantified at..