Pre-Operative Evaluation and Therapy Quiz

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.

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.

______ cause major perturbations to a patient’s homeostasis.

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 risk of potentially life-threatening complications can be reduced with appropriate pre-operative evaluation and ______.

Which one of these is a major risk of surgery and anesthesia?

Where is it better managed for patients to report before their operation?

What can surgeons and primary-care physicians do to reduce operative delays and cancellations?

What is the purpose of the pre-anesthetic evaluation?

What has virtually eliminated pre-operative hospital admission?