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.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1743181617301166?via%3Dihub/ (free)
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.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/contents/ (free)
https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/standards-and-research/standards-and-guidance/good-practice-guides/consent/ (free; also includes three podcasts)