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Approach to Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Patients underqoinq Noncardiac Surgery
1. Emergent Surgery?
2. Risk Stratify eg NSQIP
3.
Emergent Surgery ... Risk Stratify eg ... impacts decision #Preoperative ... #Risk #Assessment ... #diagnosis #stratification
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... trials) • BUT, preoperative ... #stratification
Preoperative Risk Assessment: What is the risk of the surgery?
Low Risk: 
 • Superficial
 • Eyes
Preoperative Risk ... of the surgery? ... Cardiopulmonary • GI – emergent ... #diagnosis #stratification ... #surgery #cardiovascular
Algorithm for Suspected Penicillin Allergy in Patients Undergoing Surgery 

• Cephalosporins may be prescribed to patients
Patients Undergoing Surgery ... physicians use the clinical ... a 1 in 100,000 risk ... #Algorithm #Perioperative ... #Preoperative #
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
developed by European emergency ... to identify low-risk ... puncture nor empiric antibiotic ... #LP #Antibiotics ... #Risk #Stratification
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
Clinical Utility ... • Risk stratification ... especially helpful in emergency ... #cardiology #differential ... echocardiogram #syncope #emergency