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Frailty and preoperative anaemia: why the pre-anaesthesia clinic should start earlier
Current German S3 guidelines on frailty and preoperative anaemia shift the focus to individual preparation before surgery. For pre-anaesthesia clinics, this raises a concrete question: are relevant information and findings available in time to organise the necessary steps before the procedure?
November 4, 2026 · 7 min read
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Validated risk scores in premedication: RCRI, Duke Activity Status Index, Apfel score
Several validated scores are used in premedication to estimate risks before a procedure: the Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) for cardiac complications, the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) for functional capacity and the Apfel score for the risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). What all three scores have in common is that their validity depends on the completeness of the underlying medical history data.
October 28, 2026 · 5 min read
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From medical history to patient education: how an end-to-end digital process gives physicians more time for the patients who really need it
In the conventional pre-admission pathway, all patients go through the same steps up to the face-to-face discussion – regardless of need. A structured digital medical history allows patients to be grouped by risk: low-risk patients are fully prepared digitally, while patients with a complex history receive more time in the discussion. The risk classification prepares the physician's assessment; the decision is made by the physician.
October 15, 2026 · 8 min read

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Articles on Risk classification

Frailty and preoperative anaemia: why the pre-anaesthesia clinic should start earlier

Validated risk scores in premedication: RCRI, Duke Activity Status Index, Apfel score

From medical history to patient education: how an end-to-end digital process gives physicians more time for the patients who really need it

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