The surgical burden: how to prevent a crisis in perioperative medicine.
Preoperative patient evaluation can minimize the surgical burden and help prevent a crisis in perioperative medicine. Relieving the surgical burden involves a shift from practicing medicine to practicing preventive care in the preoperative environment, as well as motivating patients to adopt healthier behaviors over the long term.
Roizen
Michael F
MF
Department of General Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. roizenm@ccf.org
D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors