PRE-ANESTHETIC ASSESSMENT AND ITS PRECISE FACTORS INSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM

Abstract

The preoperative consultation performed by an anesthetist is a formal evaluation, performed days or weeks before the surgical act. Its function is to identify possible risk factors for complications or to reduce the therapeutic success of the procedure. Nowadays, they are already highly recommended for patients who will undergo elective procedures under anesthetic induction. Objectives: This study aims at a review of the literature on Preoperative Anesthetic Consultation and its effects in the in and postoperative period, highlighting methods of evaluation, practical application, influence on the prognosis of patients and whether there is a direct cost-benefit relationship. Methods: Review articles, case reports and clinical trials were selected based on the use of indexed descriptors in DECS, the inclusion criteria of the research were "Revision", "Human Studies" and "last 10 years". Discussion And Results: In Brazil, the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM), through Resolution No. 802 / 06.1, made pre- anesthetic assessment (APA) indispensable and recommended that it be done before hospital admission. Information should be obtained in this evaluation so that the anesthetist can trace their preoperative conducts, such as medication introduction, and intraoperative through anesthetic and adjuvant therapies, thereby reducing postoperative complications and risks. Some studies have emphasized the importance of requesting complementary tests, showing that in many cases there were unnecessary exams that did not aggregate information pertinent to the pathologies in question. Other studies have demonstrated the direct relationship of a good pre-anesthetic evaluation with good results in the patient's survival, as well as failures in this evaluation, resulting in worse prognosis and greater number of complications.