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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
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
•
Complications Preoperative ... pancuronium Postoperative ... complications #PACU #postoperative
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk ... Stable patients ... Stress Testing: • Preoperative ... seem to prevent postoperative ... trials) • BUT, preoperative
Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
Perioperative Management ... per treatment table ... Surgery: 24 hours postoperative ... Surgery: 48-72 hours postoperative ... #DOAC #Perioperative
Alveolar Recruitment
Effect of Intensive vs Moderate Alveolar Recruitment Strategies Added to Lung-Protective Ventilation on Postoperative Pulmonary
Ventilation on Postoperative ... Recruitment #EBM #VisualAbstract ... #Postoperative
CRIES is a 10-point scale, using a physiologic basis similar to APGAR: Crying; Requires increased oxygen
1995) CRIES (Table ... ED, substitute “preoperative ... Neonatal #CRIES #PostOperative
Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting

Infographic by Dr. Jesse Burk-Rafel
@jbrafel

> 8 hours - Heavy foods (fried/fatty) and
Guidelines for Preoperative ... Guidelines for Preoperative ... 2596245 #NPO #Preoperative ... Timeline #EBM #VisualAbstract
An important part of an anesthesiologist's job is obviously to ensure patient stability during a procedure,
anesthesiology #management #preoperative ... intraoperative #postoperative
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Classification
The ASA classification (Table) aims to predict perioperative mortality rates but
classification (Table ... aims to predict perioperative ... to predict both postoperative ... #Diagnosis #Preoperative
Oral Anticoagulation Management Cheat Sheet: Warfarin, Apixaban, Dabigatran, Rivaroxaban
 - Mechanism of Action
 - Routine Blood
DOAC #Management #Table ... Pharmacology #Stop #Perioperative