title: Before surgery: have you done enough to mitigate risk?
authors.affiliation: Sioux Falls Family Medicine Residency Program, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD, USA. mark.huntington@usd.edu
authors.forename: Mark K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Huntington
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects; D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D016913:Blood Component Transfusion; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012709:Serum Albumin; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D001786:Blood Glucose; D012709:Serum Albumin