Preoperative assessment in patients presenting for elective surgery

Carol E. Gray, Julie Baruah-Young, Christopher Payne

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    Abstract

    Preoperative assessment of patients undergoing elective surgery is vital to ensure patients have underlying comorbidities identified, appropriate investigations performed and are optimized prior to the day of surgery. Anaesthetic pre-assessment is usually initiated at the pre-assessment clinic. A thorough assessment should include a careful history and examination as well as assessment of both the airway and functional capacity. This article provides a systematic approach to the assessment process.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)447-452
    Number of pages6
    JournalAnaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
    Volume19
    Issue number9
    Early online date1 Aug 2018
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2018

    Keywords

    • Airway assessment
    • cardiac risk assessment
    • investigations
    • preoperative assessment

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
    • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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