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Preoperative Assessment of the Patient for the Planned Position

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Preanesthesia evaluation, which we define as the process of clinical assessment preceding the delivery of anesthesia care for surgery and nonsurgical procedures, is an essential component of basic anesthetic practice. This evaluation includes assessing anesthetic risks associated with the patient’s medical conditions, therapies, alternative treatments, surgical, and other procedures as well as assessing options for anesthetic techniques. The benefits of a preanesthesia evaluation include, but are not limited to, greater safety in perioperative care, optimal resource use, improved outcomes, and increased patient satisfaction. In this chapter, we will confine our discussion of the preanesthesia evaluation to the assessment of the patient’s tolerance of the position required for the anticipated neurosurgical procedure.

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  1. Medical Anesthesia Group, Germantown, TN, USA

    C. Wayne Hamm

  2. University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Jaafar Basma

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  1. Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

    Adam Arthur

  2. Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

    Kevin Foley

  3. Medical Anesthesia Group, Germantown, Tennessee, USA

    C. Wayne Hamm

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Wayne Hamm, C., Basma, J. (2018). Preoperative Assessment of the Patient for the Planned Position. In: Arthur, A., Foley, K., Hamm, C. (eds) Perioperative Considerations and Positioning for Neurosurgical Procedures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72679-3_4

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