Preoperative assessment in patients presenting for elective surgery

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

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2021.07.005

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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	597-602
Number of pages	6
Journal	Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Volume	22
Issue number	10
Early online date	13 Aug 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpaic.2021.07.005
Publication status	Published - Oct 2021

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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