What is your approach to perioperative risk stratification and optimization of patients with ESRD on HD?
What are some key considerations as far as medication management, laboratory monitoring, and timing of pre/post-op HD, etc.?
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Hospital Medicine · University of Chicago
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When evaluating a patient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on maintenance hemodialysis for surgery, my approach to perioperative risk stratification centers on three major areas: cardiovascular risk assessment, optimization of dialysis-related factors, and careful perioperative medication and met...
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