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Preoperative risk assessment tools rely on easily obtained clinical variables and biomarkers, such as high sensitivity troponin, to estimate risks associated with specific operations.
Discusses the variables and instruments used for preoperative risk assessment in patients undergoing surgery.
One of the commonest consultations that I see in both the outpatient and inpatient environments involves preoperative risk assessment requested by general surgery or one of the surgical subspecialities (eg, orthopedics). There exist many instruments for estimating patient risks involved with specific operations. Each of these clinical tools relies on clinical information easily obtained from the patient or the medical record. The commonest variables employed include age, renal function, presence of diabetes mellitus, frail condition, current smoking, and the results of a variety of blood tests, such as high sensitivity troponin, C-reactive protein, and D-dimer.
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Joseph S. Alpert (2024) conducted an editorial in Preoperative surgical risk. Preoperative risk assessment tools was evaluated. Preoperative risk assessment tools rely on easily obtained clinical variables and biomarkers, such as high sensitivity troponin, to estimate risks associated with specific operations.
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