INTRODUCTION The assessment of anesthetic risks is an essential component of preoperative evaluation. In developing world, preanesthesia evaluation may be challenging because patient's medical history and records are scare, and language barrier limits physical examination. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of routine preoperative testing in a low-resources setting. METHODS Prospective ...

The proportion of patients defined as obese continues to grow in many westernized nations, particularly the United States (USA). This trend has shifted the perioperative management of obese patients into the realm of routine care. As obese patients present for all types of procedures, it is crucial for anesthesiologists, surgeons, internists, and perioperative health care providers alike to hav...

The prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the United States1 and the number of noncardiac surgical procedures performed are progressively increasing. Preoperative risk assessment is an important step in reducing perioperative morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Successful perioperative evaluation is best achieved by combining an integrated multidisciplinary appr...

Preoperative evaluation of patients with renal dysfunction often requires the collaborative efforts of the primary care physician, nephrologist, surgeon, and anesthesiologist. Renal dysfunction is typically a spectrum of disease with multisystem effects. Optimization of preexisting medical issues is the key as is a thorough understanding of the potential perioperative risks for further renal in...

conclusions the case illustrates that transnasal videolaryngoscopy conducted in the preoperative anesthesia clinic is capable of providing key information to guide airway management in patients with significant upper airway pathology. case presentation a 68-year-old man presented to the preoperative anesthesia clinic for work-up before anticipated removal of infected total knee arthroplasty har...

Preoperative evaluation for the dental implanting normally starts with a thorough physical examination of the oral cavity and dental arches to determine the potential sites for the implant placement. Spiral dental CT plays a very important role in preoperative evaluation and postoperative follow up. It provides both 2 and 3-dimensional images, showing soft tissues and alveolar bone in each area...

Preoperative evaluation is carried out in an inhospital and outpatient way and may easily cause double examinations. This paper deals with the initiation of a medical application, named “Präoperative Befundung“ (PROP) which is applied by clinicians, internists, family doctors and pediatricians since the year 2008 within the framework of an Austrian Reformpoolproject. The aims of the project are...

Morbidity and mortality rates associated with acute hip fracture remain high. Over the past decade, management of has shifted to emphasize prompt surgical treatment, multimodal analgesia reduce opioid use, incorporation enhanced recovery pathways. Preoperative evaluation focuses on acutely correctable problems, understanding that delaying surgery may worsen outcome. Prophylaxis venous thromboem...

introduction paragangliomas are mostly localized in the adrenal medulla and they are usually pheochromocytomas, derived from the neural crest, but otherwise mesenteric paragangliomas are extremely rare tumors. case presentation in this article we represent a 59-year-old female with an abdominal mass and pain due to mesenteric paraganglioma. conclusions paragangliomas can occur as mesenteric tum...

The outcome of temporal lobectomy performed for seizure control is improved by preoperative identification of structural lesions. We used cranial CT, modified to improve visualization of mesial temporal structures, as a means of preoperative evaluation in 48 patients with partial complex seizures. The axial views, parallel to the temporal fossa, improved visualization of five lesions, including...