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- Title:
- 01_09_05 ASA Grading and Preoperative Investigations
- Description:
- This session discusses which tests may be useful before surgery, including the NICE guidelines. It explains why false positives will outnumber true positives for most screening tests in most populations, even tests that are 99 % sensitive and 99 % specific. It also outlines the grading systems used for patient fitness and complexity of surgery.
- Hierarchy:
- Anaesthesia (e-LA) > Core Training - Clinical > e-LA Module 01 - Introduction to Clinical Anaesthesia > 04 Preoperative Assessment and Management > 09 Preoperative assessment > 01_09_05 ASA Grading and Preoperative Investigations
- Author(s):
-
John Carlisle
- Created:
- 5 Sep 2014
- Last Major Update:
- 5 Sep 2014
- Keywords:
- 001-0024,Local anaesthesia, Regional anaesthesia, LA, RA, Neuraxial,
- Quicklink:
- 001-0024
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- Title:
- 01_09_05 ASA Grading and Preoperative Investigations
- Description:
- This session discusses which tests may be useful before surgery, including the NICE guidelines. It explains why false positives will outnumber true positives for most screening tests in most populations, even tests that are 99 % sensitive and 99 % specific. It also outlines the grading systems used for patient fitness and complexity of surgery.
- Hierarchy:
- Anaesthesia (e-LA) > Core Training - Clinical > e-LA Module 01 - Introduction to Clinical Anaesthesia > 04 Preoperative Assessment and Management > 09 Preoperative assessment > 01_09_05 ASA Grading and Preoperative Investigations
- Author(s):
-
John Carlisle
- Created:
- 5 Sep 2014
- Last Major Update:
- 5 Sep 2014
- Keywords:
- 001-0024,Local anaesthesia, Regional anaesthesia, LA, RA, Neuraxial,
- Quicklink:
- 001-0024