The Impact of Preoperative Anesthetic Assessment on Surgical Success: Investigating How Comprehensive Evaluations of Comorbidities and Risk Factors Optimize Patient Care and Reduce Complications
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/nvsbp298Abstract
Background: Evaluating patients before surgery through an anesthetic assessment helps find out about
their health problems, determine risks and choose how to manage their care during surgery. Everyone
agrees that careful assessment by surgeons before surgery helps reduce possible issues during surgery and
improves patient attention.
Aim: This study was done to check the effect of preoperative assessment of anesthesia on the success of
surgery by judging whether a detailed review of comorbidities and risk factors affected both intra- and
postoperative outcomes.
Methods: The study took place at Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad and involved reviewing 84
patients who went through elective surgeries from May 2024 to April 2025. All patients had an evaluation
before the operation which looked at their medical history, any other health problems, physical well-being
and lab test results. Complications, stability during surgery and postoperative progress were studied
alongside the details found and actions taken in the preoperative assessment.
Results: Approximately 71.4% of the patients were quickly identified as having important comorbidities
because of a thorough anesthetic evaluation. Before surgery, doctors performed optimizing measures such
as prescribing different medicines and referring patients to specialists, in 53.6% of situations. Among
patients, both intraoperative complications and postoperative morbidity were reduced more often in those
who had detailed assessments when compared to patients with basic assessments (p<0.05 for
complications and p<0.01 for morbidity). Those patients who were assessed fully spent less time in the
hospital and recovered more quickly.
Conclusion: As a result, performing assessments before surgery helped doctors address medical problems
and lower patients’ risks during surgery. Performing complete pre-surgery checks is vital for making sure
patients are protected, complications are lower and surgery goes as planned.
Keywords: Preoperative assessment, anesthetic evaluation, surgical outcomes, comorbidities, patient
safety, perioperative risk, complication reduction.
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