title: The primary care physician's role in adult perioperative care.
abstract: Family physicians and general internists are often consulted to evaluate preoperative risk and manage postoperative complications. Essential to such consultations is a familiarity with preoperative risk assessment, potentially helpful preoperative inter-ventions, and common postoperative complications. This article reviews these issues and discusses the role of the medical consultant throughout the surgical patient's hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: Erik J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lindbloom
authors.forename: Lynn M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Wung
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Cravens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D010819:Physician's Role; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment