Preoperative Patient Evaluation

Preoperative evaluation of the adult neurosurgical patient.

The purpose of this chapter is to provide the anesthesiologist with a focused review of the information needed to rationally approach the preoperative evaluation of the neurosurgical patient. The anesthesia preoperative assessment is a neuromedical evaluation of the patient's current condition integrated with the anesthesiologist's knowledge of the potential clinical and operative events that m...

Assessment of patient satisfaction with the preoperative anesthetic evaluation

BACKGROUND The evaluation of patient satisfaction is a core aspect of the continuous quality improvement in anesthesia service that can be affected by the preoperative anesthetist visit. This visit enables the anesthetist to know about the patient's general health status and the nature of surgery, to choose the type of anesthesia, and to discuss perioperative complications and their management ...

The patient with heart disease: preoperative evaluation and preparation.

Preoperative evaluation of the patient with pulmonary disease.

Preoperative pulmonary evaluation is important in the management of patients with lung disease who are undergoing elective cardiothoracic or noncardiothoracic surgery. In some instances, preoperative pulmonary evaluations may also contribute to the management of patients being considered for urgent surgery. The incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) is high and is associated ...

Preoperative evaluation of the cardiac patient for noncardiac surgery.

In summary, obtaining a comprehensive patient history is a critical part of the diagnostic and risk stratification process of the patient with cardiac disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Many of the factors associated with perioperative cardiac morbidity are treatable and early and aggressive management appears to have beneficial effects on morbidity and mortality rates.