Perioperative Medicine

Perioperative medicine emphasises the importance of an integrated, planned, and personalised approach to patient care before, during, and after any surgical procedure involving anaesthesia. The goal of a comprehensive medical assessment is to reduce postoperative complications, duration of inpatient hospital stay and early re-admissions following surgery. Overall, the goal is to improve the patient experience of surgery and post-operative recovery, and assist you to regain a better quality of life.

Your physician will:

• Perform a risk and needs assessment.

• Co-ordinate preoperative optimisation.

• Prevent and manage any postoperative medical complications.

• Support your functional recovery in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team including nurses and allied health professionals (e.g physiotherapists).

Your physician will also assess all aspects of your medical history, including:

• Cardiovascular risk (Ischaemic Heart Disease / Heart Failure)

• Pulmonary / lung disease

• Anaemia

• Thromboprophylaxis (blood clot prevention)

• Obesity and sleep-disordered breathing

• Diabetes and other endocrine disorders

• Renal disease

• Pain management