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Approach to Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Patients underqoinq Noncardiac Surgery
1. Emergent Surgery?
2. Risk Stratify eg NSQIP
3.
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Perioperative Medications - Which Medications to Hold or Continue?
Aspirin - Continue
 • Aspirin should be continued
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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
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Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
Perioperative Management ... procedural bleeding risk ... very low bleeding risk ... • High Bleed-Risk ... postoperative #DOAC #Perioperative
Perioperative IBD Pharmacotherapy Management 
Immunomodulators:
 • Stop MTX one week prior to elective surgery
 • Stop
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Algorithm for Suspected Penicillin Allergy in Patients Undergoing Surgery 

• Cephalosporins may be prescribed to patients
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American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Classification
The ASA classification (Table) aims to predict perioperative mortality rates but
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Preoperative Evaluation Checklist

by Dr. Lizzy Hastie @LizzyHastie

#Preoperative #Evaluation #Checklist #diagnosis #perioperative #preop
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Bleeding Risk for Various Invasive/Surgical Procedures
Low Risk:
 • Dental extractions (1 or 2 teeth), endodontic (root
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Revised Cardiac Risk Index - Risk of surgical complications

#Diagnosis #Preoperative #Cardiac #RiskIndex #Cardiovascular #Complications #RCRI
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