ABCs of: Peri-operative care

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ABCs of: Peri-operative care

All surgeries need to be preceded by a pre-operative assessment. This is inclusive of pre-operative history mainly focusing on:

• Past surgical history
• Past anaesthetic history
  • Has the patient had anaesthesia before?
  • If so were there any issues

• Intraoperative or postoperative issues
  • Drug history
    • Any drug allergies?
  • Some medications require stopping or altering prior to surgery (anticoagulants).

• Family history
  • Malignant hyperthermia or other adverse reactions during surgery

Find out more on examination, investigations, post-op fever and its management and post-op wound care in the fact sheet below.

Credits

Content – Mufaro Mutoti; Design – Chia Yen Lek (SIGMUM Committee of 2021/2022)