-
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · Nov 2001
Comment Review[Preoperative examination: anamnesis and physical examination mandatory].
- J J de Lange.
- VU Medisch Centrum, afd. Anesthesiologie, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam. jj.delange@vumc.nl
- Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2001 Nov 10;145(45):2157-9.
AbstractPreoperative assessment has been subject to discussion for many years. What should be done and by whom? Fortunately there is a general consensus that routine laboratory and function tests are not only of no benefit to the patient but are also wasteful of resources. The Preoperative Assessment Commission of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, supports the initiative for preoperative assessment clinics run by anaesthesiologists. Yet in their advice, this Commission has proposed screening by means of an abridged questionnaire. Efforts to validate this questionnaire have demonstrated that in practice it was not helpful. Therefore it seems justified to conclude that preoperative screening should not fundamentally differ from that performed during a basic clinical examination.
Notes
Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
- Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as
*italics*,_underline_or**bold**. - Superscript can be denoted by
<sup>text</sup>and subscript<sub>text</sub>. - Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines
1. 2. 3., hyphens-or asterisks*. - Links can be included with:
[my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com) - Images can be included with:
 - For footnotes use
[^1](This is a footnote.)inline. - Or use an inline reference
[^1]to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document[^1]: This is a long footnote..