Impact of Comorbidities on Cancellation of Surgery in Patients Previously Reviewed: A Prospective Observational Study

Abstract

Globally patients with inter-current medical diseases are common place and are likely to present for anaesthesia and surgery at some point in their life. Surgical patients with inter-current medical diseases pose a great challenge to the anaesthetist; optimal perioperative care has to be provided to prevent adverse events, and thus reduce morbidity and mortality. Where preoperative optimization of the disease is not optimal, cancellation with its attendant consequencies becomes inevitable. This prospective observational study was carried out at the