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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
determine if stress test ... one post op Cardiology ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
calculating the risk ... the ED to help focus ... identifying low risk ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology
Purpose: We sought to develop a patient decision aid to promote shared decision-making for patients who
have no serious diagnosis ... with a negative diagnostic ... #Management #PatientInfo ... #Cardiology #EM ... #Syncope #LowRisk
GRACE-1 Guidelines for Adult Patients with Recurrent Low-Risk Chest Pain

1) Pain > 3 hours - A
Normal stress test ... years - No further diagnostic ... recommended #ChestPain #LowRisk ... GRACE #Guidelines #cardiology ... #management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
cardiovascular risk ... serum creatinine, test ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
If the patient has a HEART Score of 0-3 and a negative initial troponin, have a
second troponin test ... single troponin value ... #Management #PatientInfo ... #Cardiology #ChestPain ... #LowRisk #Percent3