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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preop creatinine ... Preop creatinine ... seem to prevent postoperative ... select patients #Preop ... #preoperative #
Preoperative Evaluation Checklist

by Dr. Lizzy Hastie @LizzyHastie

#Preoperative #Evaluation #Checklist #diagnosis #perioperative #preop
Preoperative Evaluation ... @LizzyHastie #Preoperative ... Checklist #diagnosis #perioperative ... #preop
Anesthesia for the Obese Patient: Preoperative Evaluation, Intraoperative Management, and Postoperative Management

#Anesthesia #Obese #Obesity #Management #Preoperative
Obese Patient: Preoperative ... Management, and Postoperative ... Obesity #Management #Preoperative
Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
Perioperative Management ... Surgery: 24 hours postoperative ... Surgery: 48-72 hours postoperative ... #DOAC #Perioperative ... #pharmacology #preop
Approach to Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Patients underqoinq Noncardiac Surgery
1. Emergent Surgery?
2. Risk Stratify eg NSQIP
3.
Approach to Perioperative ... impacts decision #Preoperative
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
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Complications Preoperative ... pancuronium Postoperative ... complications #PACU #postoperative
Perioperative Medications - Which Medications to Hold or Continue?
Aspirin - Continue
 • Aspirin should be continued
Perioperative Medications ... should be initiated preoperatively ... events in the perioperative ... Hold #Continue #preop ... #preoperative
Perioperative IBD Pharmacotherapy Management 
Immunomodulators:
 • Stop MTX one week prior to elective surgery
 • Stop
Perioperative IBD ... @GIreview #Perioperative ... medication #Management #preoperative
An important part of an anesthesiologist's job is obviously to ensure patient stability during a procedure,
anesthesiology #management #preoperative ... intraoperative #postoperative
CRIES is a 10-point scale, using a physiologic basis similar to APGAR: Crying; Requires increased oxygen
ED, substitute “preoperative ... Neonatal #CRIES #PostOperative