Triage, CVS and RESP Flashcards
1
Q
what is balance of risk
A
risk vs therapeutic benefit
2
Q
How to balance risk?
A
- Triage - urgency
- ASA - takes into account baseline
- Optimisation - feasible, necessary, achievable
3
Q
red triage
A
absolute emergency - immediate surgery
4
Q
orange triage
A
surgery within 2 hours
5
Q
yellow triage
A
surgery within 6 hours
6
Q
green triage
A
surgery within 24 hours
7
Q
blue triage
A
elective surgery
8
Q
interactions that influence risk
A
> baseline
chronic disease
type of surgery
urgency of surgery
type of anaesthesia
9
Q
major CVS co-morbids
A
- HBP
- IHD
- CCF
- valvular disease
10
Q
Resp co-morbids
A
- asthma
- COPD
- infectious disease
11
Q
Other co-morbids
A
- renal
- DM
- thyroid
- obese
12
Q
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