{"title":"Preoptimisation","authors":"Tom Blincoe, D. Kotwinski, Ian Densham","doi":"10.1093/med/9780198853053.003.0003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter focuses on the collaborative approach taken to get patients as fit for surgery as possible in the time frame available. It examines how the preoperative team work together with hospital specialists and GPs to identify and minimise risk factors for postoperative complications, focusing on prehabilitation, blood management, fasting, venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, antibiotic prophylaxis, perioperative medications, herbal medicines, and premedicants.","PeriodicalId":143488,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198853053.003.0003","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter focuses on the collaborative approach taken to get patients as fit for surgery as possible in the time frame available. It examines how the preoperative team work together with hospital specialists and GPs to identify and minimise risk factors for postoperative complications, focusing on prehabilitation, blood management, fasting, venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, antibiotic prophylaxis, perioperative medications, herbal medicines, and premedicants.