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General Principles and Practices of Perioperative Medicine

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This chapter reviews the principles and practices pertaining to the preoperative medical consultation. The evaluation of a patient’s suitability to undergo surgery should be approached in a systematic fashion. The chapter also presents a stepwise method for the preoperative assessment beginning with the ascertainment of the presence, severity, and degree of control of all comorbid conditions, their subsequent optimization, after which an assessment of risk can be made. Preventive measures and patient education are subsequent steps in the preparation of a patient for surgery.

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  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    Charles N. Cornell

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    Stavros G. Memtsoudis

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MacKenzie, C.R. (2014). General Principles and Practices of Perioperative Medicine. In: MacKenzie, C., Cornell, C., Memtsoudis, S. (eds) Perioperative Care of the Orthopedic Patient. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0100-1_1

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