Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift für alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen
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Medical and technical progress together with demographic changes has led to a more complex perioperative care for patients. Accordingly, an optimal preoperative assessment in particular an adequate risk evaluation is more important than ever. ⋯ This approach will change the preoperative risk evaluation in a scientific, organisational and economic way. The following article on preoperative risk evaluation is based on the valuable and helpful recommendation and aims to provide additional important aspects from the perspective of anaesthesiologists.