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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk ... Preop creatinine ... Preop creatinine ... select patients #Preop ... perioperative #Risk
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
Preoperative Evaluation Checklist

by Dr. Lizzy Hastie @LizzyHastie

#Preoperative #Evaluation #Checklist #diagnosis #perioperative #preop
Preoperative Evaluation ... @LizzyHastie #Preoperative ... Checklist #diagnosis #perioperative ... #preop
Approach to Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Patients underqoinq Noncardiac Surgery
1. Emergent Surgery?
2. Risk Stratify eg NSQIP
3.
Approach to Perioperative ... Risk Stratify eg ... impacts decision #Preoperative ... #Risk #Assessment
Revised Cardiac Risk Index - Risk of surgical complications

#Diagnosis #Preoperative #Cardiac #RiskIndex #Cardiovascular #Complications #RCRI
Revised Cardiac Risk ... Index - Risk of ... #Diagnosis #Preoperative
Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
Perioperative Management ... very low bleeding risk ... • High Bleed-Risk ... postoperative #DOAC #Perioperative ... #pharmacology #preop
Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting

Infographic by Dr. Jesse Burk-Rafel
@jbrafel

> 8 hours - Heavy foods (fried/fatty) and
Guidelines for Preoperative ... hunger - LOWER risk ... Guidelines for Preoperative ... to Reduce the Risk ... 2596245 #NPO #Preoperative
Anesthesia for the Obese Patient: Preoperative Evaluation, Intraoperative Management, and Postoperative Management

#Anesthesia #Obese #Obesity #Management #Preoperative
Obese Patient: Preoperative ... Obesity #Management #Preoperative
HIV PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) - Truvada 

HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is available in the form of
HIV PrEP (Pre-Exposure ... but have high-risk ... Once taking PrEP ... because of the risk ... not have this risk
Algorithm for Suspected Penicillin Allergy in Patients Undergoing Surgery 

• Cephalosporins may be prescribed to patients
a 1 in 100,000 risk ... Surgery #Algorithm #Perioperative ... #Preoperative #