Criteria for Evaluating Patients with COPD Prior to General Anesthesia

Purpose: To evaluate a patient with COPD prior to anesthesia and surgery using the criteria of Milledge and Nunn.

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Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient with COPD prior to surgery?

Yes

Does the patient have dyspnea on exertion?

Yes

FEV1

liters

Preoperative PaO2

Preoperative PaCO2

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Expected post-operative course

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Other Testing
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications

Therapy

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Surgery

Monitoring

Complication Detection

Specialty

Pulmonology
Surgery, general

Objective

risk factors
complications
surgery

ICD-10

J44.9 - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified

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Purpose: To evaluate a patient with COPD prior to anesthesia and surgery using the criteria of Milledge and Nunn.

Specialty: Pulmonology, Surgery, general

Objective: risk factors, complications, surgery

ICD-10: J44.9,

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