Anaes SAQs · Preoperative assessment & risk
Preoperative optimisation — the modifiable risk factors
The optimisation SAQ — the anaemia (iron), the diabetes (HbA1c), the smoking (4-8 weeks cessation), the obesity (OSA), the frailty (CGA), the medication management (beta-blockers, statins, ACE inhibitors, anticoagulants).
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Prompt
Outline the modifiable risk factors that can be optimised before the elective surgery, and the interventions that reduce the perioperative risk.
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Outline the modifiable risk factors that can be optimised before the elective surgery, and the interventions that reduce the perioperative risk. (Question stem restated — the worked answers below carry the primary-source citations.)
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- [2]Kristensen SD, et al. 2014 ESC/ESA guidelines on noncardiac surgery: Cardiovascular assessment and management : Are the differences clinically relevant? The European perspective. J Nucl Cardiol, 2017.PMID 27538569