RT Book, Section
A1 LeBlond, Richard F.
A1 Brown, Donald D.
A1 Suneja, Manish
A1 Szot, Joseph F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1139371608
T1 The Preoperative Evaluation
T2 DeGowin’s Diagnostic Examination, 10e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-181447-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1139371608
RD 2024/04/19
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  poor  surgical  outcomes.  The  decision  to  extent  the  evaluation  must  balance  the  morbidity  and  costs  of  preoperative  testing  against  the  potential  for  meaningfully  reducing  surgical  morbidity.  To  appropriately  counsel  the  surgeon  and  patient  the  history,  physical  examination,  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.