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Routine Preanaesthetic Testing

Pedro Ibarra MD, MSc1†

1Council Member WFSA, Chair Safety Committee CLASA, Director Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine Residency Program, Unisanitas, Anesthesiologist Clinica Reina Sofia Bogota, Colombia
Edited by: Alex Konstantatos, MD, Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

†Corresponding author e-mail: pibarrawfsa@gmail.com

Published October 5, 2021

Abstract

The tutorial questions the current preanesthetic testing routines by analyzing the intended benefits in terms of patient outcomes, medical malpractice protection and expense. It describes the quality of evidence supporting the current guidelines by professional bodies in the USA and UK and an institutional protocol devised from a large local cohort, at Clinica Reina Sofia in Colombia.

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