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Hematologic Risk Assessment

Hematologic risk assessment (HRA) involves evaluating and managing needs for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion as well as the integrity of a patient’s coagulation ability, including intrinsic bleeding disorders or coagulopathies and anticoagulant or antiplatelet medications. HRA is an essential…

Preoperative cardiac evaluation

1 What is the natural history of perioperative cardiac morbidity? Perioperative cardiac morbidity occurs most commonly during the first 3 postoperative days and includes perioperative myocardial infarction (PMI), unstable angina, congestive heart failure, cardiac death, and nonfatal cardiac arrests. Studies…