Abstract

OJEDA GONZALEZ, José Julio. Prediction elements of the evaluation of anesthetic risk made by the anesthesiologist. Rev cuba anestesiol reanim [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.2, pp.158-168. ISSN 1726-6718.

Background: the evaluation of the surgical and anesthetic risk for a patient that will undergo surgery is not an easy task for the anesthesiologist. Objective: to make an update on the different prediction elements for the evaluation of the anesthetic risk made by the anesthesiologist. Development: pre-anesthetic evaluation involves taking into consideration multiple elements, among them, the ones that are inherent to the patient. There are several multifactor indexes that combine and assign a relative importance to many clinical parameters and are more useful than any isolated factor to determine the risk; however, they have limitations. Conclusions: Different elements should be considered in estimating the surgical and anesthetic risk and, from a group of previously selected risk factors, studies should be developed to determine which of them are considered predictors for mortality and major complications.

Keywords : surgical and anesthetic risk; multifactor index.

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