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Perioperative Management
Bobbie Sweitzer, M.D.

  1. Testing Guidelines for Healthy Patients
  2. Testing Guidelines for Patients with Co-existing Diseases
  3. Diagnostic Testing Rationale
  4. Cardiac Evaluation for Non cardiac Surgery
    1. also view this ACC/AHA Pocket Guideline Update (Adobe PDF)
  5. Recommendations for Noninvasive Stress Testing Before Noncardiac Surgery
  6. Recommendations for Preoperative Resting 12-Lead ECG
  7. Recommendations for Preoperative Noninvasive Evaluation of LV Function
  8. High risk conditions that require further evaluation and management before elective surgery
  9. Further Evaluation of a Prolonged aPTT (patient not on heparin)
  10. Blood Typing and Screening
  11. NPO Guidelines
  12. Medications to be Continued on Day of Surgery
  13. Medications to be Discontinued on Day of Surgery
  14. Summary of Medication Instructions
  15. A Suggested Algorithm for Managing Aspirin Therapy in the Perioperative Period
  16. Anticoagulation Management Before Surgery
  17. Outpatient Peri-procedural Bridging Protocol
  18. Regional anesthesia and anticoagulation
  19. Perioperative Beta Blocker Instructions
  20. How to Locate a Missing APMC Preop
  21. Guidelines for Patients with Coronary Stents
    1. Recommendations for Perioperative Management of ...
  22. Guidelines for Infective Endocarditis Prophylaxis
    1. Cardiac conditions Associated with the Highest Risk of ...
  23. How to Manage Patients with Pacemakers
  24. What to do with a Preop Done on Inpatient who will be Discharged Home Prior to Day of Surgery
  25. Hospitalist Consultation
  26. Suggested Triage Criteria Warranting an APMC Appointment and Evaluation
  27. DNR in the Operating Room
  28. Risk Assessment for Postoperative Pulmonary Complications
  29. Perioperative Steroid Coverage
  30. APMC Reading List (Adobe PDF)

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