Open AccessHow can we identify the high-risk patient?
Author(s) -
Ashwin Sankar,
W. Scott Beattie,
Duminda N. Wijeysundera
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
current opinion in critical care, with evaluated medline/current opinion in critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.212
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1080-8183
pISSN - 1070-5295
DOI - 10.1097/mcc.0000000000000216
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , risk assessment , troponin , intensive care medicine , medline , american society of anesthesiologists , psychological intervention , surgery , myocardial infarction , computer security , computer science , political science , law , psychiatry
Accurate and early identification of high-risk surgical patients allows for targeted use of perioperative monitoring and interventions that may improve their outcomes. This review summarizes current evidence on how information from the preoperative, operative, and immediate postoperative periods can help identify such individuals.