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Preoperative: before surgery. Intraoperative: during surgery. Postoperative: after surgery. Every surgery is broken down into these phases to differentiate tasks and establish who is responsible for overseeing and delivering each stage of care.
Most of these are in high-risk patients, who make up 15% of all patients having surgery. Perioperative care is a broad field covering an array of elective and emergency procedures across a varied population. This guideline focuses on aspects of perioperative care where practice varies.
The purpose of pre-operative evaluation is to reduce the morbidity of surgery, increase quality of intraoperative care, reduce costs associated with surgery, and return the patient to optimal functioning as soon as possible.
Measure your height, weight and vital signs. Review your medication list, with recommendations for how to take your medications prior to surgery. Review your medical, surgical and family history. Include a physical exam.
The goal of the preoperative history and physical examination is to identify elements needed for preoperative risk assessment and reduction, anesthetic management, and optimization of medical comorbidities.
Preoperative care is the preparation and management of a patient prior to surgery. It includes both physical and psychological preparation.
The purpose of a preoperative evaluation is to assess whether a patient is medically optimized for the stress of surgery and to identify reversible factors that may increase the perioperative risk for the patient.
Preoperative care is the preparation and management of a client during the preoperative period, which is the time period between the decision to perform a surgery and the beginning of the surgical procedure.
Preoperative care is the preparation and management of a client during the preoperative period, which is the time period between the decision to perform a surgery and the beginning of the surgical procedure.
Preoperative care refers to the physical and psychosocial care that prepares a patient to undergo surgery safely. The preoperative period begins when the patient is booked for surgery and ends with their transfer to the theatre or surgical suite.