title: Development of a Preoperative Patient Clearance and Consultation Screening Questionnaire.
abstract: The optimal timing of the preanesthesia evaluation varies with the patient's comorbidities. As anesthesiologists assume a broader role in perioperative care, there may be opportunities to provide additional patient management beyond historical routine anesthesia services. This study was thus undertaken to survey our institutional perioperative clinicians regarding their perceptions of patient medical conditions that (a) need additional time for preoperative clearance by anesthesiology before actually scheduling the date of surgery and (b) warrant additional preoperative evaluation and management services by an anesthesiologist. These data were used to create a pilot version of a Preoperative Patient Clearance and Consultation Screening Questionnaire.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and †Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Vetter
authors.forename: Arthur M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Boudreaux
authors.forename: Brent A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ponce
authors.forename: Joydip
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barman
authors.forename: Sandra J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Crump
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D000068436:Surgical Clearance / Q000379:methods*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires