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Surgeons and primary-care physicians can do much to avoid operative delays and cancellations, as well as to reduce the patient’s cost and risk by identifying patients who need a pre-operative anesthesia consultation and by sending all pertinent ______, e.g., recent ECG, echo studies, etc., with the patient.
Surgeons and primary-care physicians can do much to avoid operative delays and cancellations, as well as to reduce the patient’s cost and risk by identifying patients who need a pre-operative anesthesia consultation and by sending all pertinent ______, e.g., recent ECG, echo studies, etc., with the patient.
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Because cost concerns have virtually eliminated pre-operative hospital admission, today the visit may occur just moments before the operation in the case of an emergency or a healthy outpatient, but is better managed in ______ to which patients report one or several days before their operation.
Because cost concerns have virtually eliminated pre-operative hospital admission, today the visit may occur just moments before the operation in the case of an emergency or a healthy outpatient, but is better managed in ______ to which patients report one or several days before their operation.
pre-anesthesia clinics
______ cause major perturbations to a patient’s homeostasis.
______ cause major perturbations to a patient’s homeostasis.
Surgery and anesthesia
The pre-anesthetic evaluation appears to be just another routine of eliciting a history, reviewing all systems, performing a physical examination, and checking laboratory s.
The pre-anesthetic evaluation appears to be just another routine of eliciting a history, reviewing all systems, performing a physical examination, and checking laboratory s.
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The risk of potentially life-threatening complications can be reduced with appropriate pre-operative evaluation and ______.
The risk of potentially life-threatening complications can be reduced with appropriate pre-operative evaluation and ______.
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Which one of these is a major risk of surgery and anesthesia?
Which one of these is a major risk of surgery and anesthesia?
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Where is it better managed for patients to report before their operation?
Where is it better managed for patients to report before their operation?
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What can surgeons and primary-care physicians do to reduce operative delays and cancellations?
What can surgeons and primary-care physicians do to reduce operative delays and cancellations?
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What is the purpose of the pre-anesthetic evaluation?
What is the purpose of the pre-anesthetic evaluation?
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What has virtually eliminated pre-operative hospital admission?
What has virtually eliminated pre-operative hospital admission?
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