{"title":"Risk assessment in anaesthesia for adult non-cardiac surgery","authors":"Carmen Leung, Yiu Chung Lau","doi":"10.1016/j.mpaic.2025.05.009","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Risk assessment is crucial in perioperative care planning to optimize outcomes. Various risk assessment tools have been developed to predict the general risk of surgery and specific system-based risks. Guidelines recommend using these tools to stratify risk of perioperative complications. Cardiac biomarkers may supplement risk assessment for high-risk patients. Investigations including cardiopulmonary exercise testing and pulmonary function tests are reserved for high-risk patients and procedures. Frailty is an independent predictor of adverse outcomes and should be screened routinely preoperatively in elderly patients. Each risk prediction tool has its own limitations and there is a lack of evidence to suggest one over another. Further research on these tools and artificial intelligence could improve subsequent clinical decision-making.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45856,"journal":{"name":"Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"26 8","pages":"Pages 467-471"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472029925001109","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ANESTHESIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Risk assessment is crucial in perioperative care planning to optimize outcomes. Various risk assessment tools have been developed to predict the general risk of surgery and specific system-based risks. Guidelines recommend using these tools to stratify risk of perioperative complications. Cardiac biomarkers may supplement risk assessment for high-risk patients. Investigations including cardiopulmonary exercise testing and pulmonary function tests are reserved for high-risk patients and procedures. Frailty is an independent predictor of adverse outcomes and should be screened routinely preoperatively in elderly patients. Each risk prediction tool has its own limitations and there is a lack of evidence to suggest one over another. Further research on these tools and artificial intelligence could improve subsequent clinical decision-making.
期刊介绍:
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, an invaluable source of up-to-date information, with the curriculum of both the Primary and Final FRCA examinations covered over a three-year cycle. Published monthly this ever-updating text book will be an invaluable source for both trainee and experienced anaesthetists. The enthusiastic editorial board, under the guidance of two eminent and experienced series editors, ensures Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine covers all the key topics in a comprehensive and authoritative manner. Articles now include learning objectives and eash issue features MCQs, facilitating self-directed learning and enabling readers at all levels to test their knowledge. Each issue is divided between basic scientific and clinical sections. The basic science articles include anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, physics and clinical measurement, while the clinical sections cover anaesthetic agents and techniques, assessment and perioperative management. Further sections cover audit, trials, statistics, ethical and legal medicine, and the management of acute and chronic pain.