TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - The Preoperative Evaluation
A1  - Suneja, Manish
A1  - Szot, Joseph F.
A1  - LeBlond, Richard F.
A1  - Brown, Donald D.
PY  - 2020
T2  - DeGowin’s Diagnostic Examination, 11e
AB  - The  purpose  of  the  preoperative  exam  is  to  provide  a  thorough  preoperative  risk  assessment,  optimize  medical  comorbidities,  and  detect  any  unrecognized  disease  that  may  lead  to  a  poor  surgical  outcome.  The  extent  of  the  evaluation  must  balance  the  morbidity  and  cost  of  preoperative  testing  against  the  potential  for  meaningfully  reducing  surgical  morbidity.  To  appropriately  counsel  the  surgeon  and  patient  the  history,  physical  exam,  and  other  studies  should  assess  the  risks  for  cardiovascular,  neurological,  venous  thromboembolic,  renal,  pulmonary,  infectious,  and  endocrine  complications.  In  addition,  patient-specific  perioperative  management  strategies  may  be  pertinent.  The  consultant,  surgeon,  and  patient  must  balance  the  risks  of  proceeding  directly  to  surgery  against  the  risks  of  delaying  a  necessary  procedure.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174044162
ER  -