According to center policies, all patients deemed appropriate for procedures performed at the center are to be interviewed in order to collect a comprehensive patient history, to include medications, ...

The lead author of a new report identifies four ways to promote preoperative assessments by anesthesiologists. The lead author of a new report that found weak preoperative assessments are a primary ...

Plexus Technology Group will exhibit Anesthesia Touch and Touch IQ at Anesthesiology 2018 in San Francisco, Oct. 13-17. 1. Touch IQ is a preoperative assessment software designed to offer patients and ...

Preoperative evaluation: Take it step by step Identifying patients at higher risk for mortality and morbidity during the perioperative period can lead to strategies to minimize those risks.

Ambulatory surgery is a major area of surgical and anesthetic practice, and preoperative clinics are being increasingly used for low-risk surgical procedures. This study investigated the impact of ...

In noncardiac surgery, perioperative beta-blocker therapy has been identified recently as an important quality measure of evidence-based care. Given this development, the ACC and AHA expedited ...

THIS IS THE FIRST OF 2 ARTICLES EVALUATING cardiac events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. In this article, we review the magnitude of the problem, the pathophysiology of these events, ...

Preoperative work up involes a through clinical evaluation, relevant lab tests and the precautions to be followed before surgery. 1. Informed consent- written consent is obtained from the patient ...