Patient (condition)
 
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Heart failure

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Assess functional capacity by enquiring about the most strenuous daily activity. Table of approximate Metabolic Equivalents (METS) for various daily activities from refl.in/hb

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Flowchart for preoperative assessment of "cardiac" patients for non cardiac surgery from refl.in/4s

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Reduced renal perfusion leads to chronic activation of the renin angiotensin-system resulting in chronic vasoconstriction and venoconstriction.
Anaesthesia for Congenital Heart Disease, Andropolous p389

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The failing heart is very sensitive to changes in preload and afterload.
Maintain adequate intravascular volume, and anticipate volume shifts & bleeding.
Maintain contractility and systemic vascular resistance.
Filling pressures may not adequately reflect intravascular volume.

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