Anaesthesia | Recognition of the critically ill patient | Assessment of the high-risk perioperative patient
Assessment of the high-risk perioperative patient
Session Overview
Description
This session contains a link to the BJA Education article followed by a series of self assessment multiple choice questions.
The article will open in a new window or tab depending on your browser.
CPD credits are awarded by the RCoA for the time spent reading the article and successful completion of the self assessment questions. The pass mark is a score of 80% or more.
A CPD certificate can be printed from the Session Summary page at the end of the session.
Assessment of the high-risk perioperative patient. Minto, GaryBiccard, Bruce et al. BJA Education, Volume 14, Issue 1, 12-17
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- Patients with diminished functional capacity are at increased risk of adverse postoperative outcomes
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- Risk prediction indices can assign individual patients to a category of risk for a specified adverse outcome in a defined population
- Risk assessment at the end of a surgical procedure takes intra-operative events into account
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