Pre-Operative Assessment
The article, “Pre-operative assessments of elective surgical patients,” aims at emphasizing the importance of pre-operative assessments along with the rationale for their use in addition to ensuring the patient is medically fit prior to entering the operating room. In addition, well performed assessments prior to surgery also improve patient outcomes post-surgery. The article also states that the essential components of the pre-operative assessment should include: identifying current health concerns that might affect surgery (weight concerns, allergies, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac murmur, blood disorders etc.), and identifying any current infections. Specifically, the article mentions how it’s important to ask if the patient has a latex-allergy,