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. Simplified Cardiac Evaluation for Non cardiac Surgery
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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. Management of Anticoagulation before Surgery
17. Perioperative Beta Blocker Instructions
18. How to Locate a Missing APMC Preop
19. Guidelines for Patients with Coronary Stents
    1. Recommendations for Perioperative Management of ...
20. Guidelines for Infective Endocarditis Prophylaxis
    1. Cardiac conditions Associated with the Highest Risk of ...
21. How to Manage Patients with Pacemakers
22. What to do with a Preop Done on Inpatient who will be Discharged Home Prior to Day of Surgery
23. Hospitalist Consultation
24. Suggested Triage Criteria Warranting an APMC Appointment and Evaluation
25. DNR in the Operating Room
26. Risk Assessment for Postoperative Pulmonary Complications
27. Perioperative Steroid Coverage
28. APMC Reading List (Adobe PDF)

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