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Critical for successful management of the child undergoing anesthesia is the preoperative assessment of the child. In this era of cost containment, even complex patients undergo procedures on an ambulatory basis. This has mitigated the opportunities anesthesiologists may have had in the years past to see patients while hospitalized the night before surgery. As such, assessments either in an outpatient anesthesia clinic or in the preoperative holding area need to be incisive and precise. Undoubtedly, consideration of key factors is necessary for avoiding predictable difficulties. This introductory chapter will discuss these specific considerations in the preoperative assessment of children undergoing surgery for pediatric airway pathologies.
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Patel, J.J., Verghese, S.T., Preciado, D.A. (2019). Preop Considerations in the Evaluation of Children with Airway Pathologies. In: Preciado, D., Verghese, S. (eds) Anesthetic Management for the Pediatric Airway . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04600-2_2
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