Pre-Operative Assessment and Preparation


  • Impact of General Health
    • Cardiovascular
    • Respiratory
  • Patients requiring special investigation
    • ECG
    • CXR
    • Pulmonary function tests
    • Hb
  • Patients requiring pre-operative treatment/physio./adjustment
    • Heart Failure
    • Asthma
    • Physiotherapy
    • Adjustment of Medication
  • Mental attitude and understanding of patients
  • Normal caloric and nutritional requirements
    • Parenteral feeding
  • Fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance
    • Signs of Dehydration
    • Signs of Fluid overload
    • In disease
    • Due to operation
  • Blood transfusion
  • Physiological effects of operation
  • Analgesic requirements
  • Deep Venous Thrombosis
  • HDU & ITU


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