Chapter 21 Preoperative Care including the High-risk Surgical Patient

The following weblinks are pertinent reading for the future surgeon who wants to list patients appropriately and inform their shared decision making. Increasing patient expectations and a drive to shorter lengths of stay make preoperative risk assessment and multidisciplinary team (MDT) planning essential. These links look at planning safe surgery in the comorbid patient using evidence-based guidelines.

Journal articles

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)60990-8/fulltext/ (paid)

https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(19)30929-8/fulltext/ (free)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6518343/ (free)

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1887763/ (free)

https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/cc3057/ (free)

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/01.cir.100.10.1043?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed/ (free)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1743181617301166?via%3Dihub/ (free)

https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/112/5/1105/9927/Postoperative-Mortality-in-The-NetherlandsA/ (free)

https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/1993/07000/Hemodynamic_and_oxygen_transport_responses_in.10.aspx/ (paid)

https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(17)35956-1/fulltext/ (free)

Guidelines/legislation/reports

https://www.ncepod.org.uk/2011report2/downloads/POC_summary.pdf (free)

https://www.ncepod.org.uk/2010eese.html/ (free)

https://www.nela.org.uk/reports/ (free)

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000106/ (free)

https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.13773/ (free)

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng45/ (free)

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng180/ (free)

https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15291/ (free)

https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.13233/ (free)

https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.12524/ (free)

https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.13348/ (free)

https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.14963/ (free)

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng89/resources/venous-thromboembolism-in-over-16s-reducing-the-risk-of-hospitalacquired-deep-vein-thrombosis-or-pulmonary-embolism-pdf-1837703092165/ (free)

https://www.gmc-uk.org/-/media/documents/gmc-guidance-for-doctors—decision-making-and-consent-english_pdf-84191055.pdf (free)

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng108/resources/decisionmaking-and-mental-capacity-pdf-66141544670917/ (free)

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/contents/ (free)

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/standards-and-research/standards-and-guidance/good-practice-guides/patients-who-refuse-blood/ (free)

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/standards-and-research/standards-and-guidance/good-practice-guides/consent/ (free; also includes three podcasts)

https://pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology/article/104/5/1081/9298/Practice-Guidelines-for-the-Perioperative/ (free)