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What key principles of consultative/peri-operative medicine would you emphasize for early-career internists/hospitalists serving in this role without much prior experience?

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Primary Care · UT Health San Antonio Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine

For completing a preoperative risk assessment:

  1. Take a systematic approach, hitting the high-yield systems/topics: Cardiac, pulmonary, DVT/PE prophylaxis, delirium, Diabetes/endocrine, Anticoagulants/antiplatelet agents, medications, clinical frailty, and other applicable to your patient (e.g., live...

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