All doctors must be able to assess the risks of anaesthesia and surgery so that they can provide appropriate advice to their patient and family. In this section you will learn how to detect those patients likely to experience problems and how to optimise their management. ROA Subject Index Coarse Text Index Anaesthesiology Home Page 1. Return to top of Page 2. C ardiorespiratory health Describe a rapid assessment of the extent of a patient's cardiorespiratory reserve.
Many drugs used in hypertension and cardiac disease interact with anaesthetic agents.
Describe some of these. Write notes on how you would proceed. Return to top of Page 3. Describe the preoperative management of a patient with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus scheduled for small bowel resection. Mature onset diabetes mellitus is very common in the elderly.