Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009
Preoperative Medical Evaluation: Part 2: Pulmonary, Endocrine, Renal, and Miscellaneous Considerations
Preoperative Medical Evaluation: Part 2: Pulmonary, Endocrine, Renal, and Miscellaneous Considerations
DDS
Page Range: 135 – 145
A thorough assessment of a patient's medical status is standard practice when dental care is provided. Although this is true for procedures performed under local anesthesia alone, the information gathered may be viewed somewhat differently if the dentist is planning to provide sedation or general anesthesia as an adjunct to dental treatment. This article, the second of a 2-part sequence on preoperative assessment, will address pulmonary and other noncardiovascular disorders.Abstract
Copyright: 2009 by the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
Figure 1
Staging of chronic renal failure. Staging of renal failure is based on the decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR). As function declines, serum levels of creatinine rise; this is termed azotemia.
Contributor Notes
Address correspondence to Dr Daniel E. Becker, 444 West Third St., Dayton, OH 45402; dan.becker@sinclair.edu.