An assessment of the patient’s understanding and knowledge of the relevance of pre-anesthetic check-up

Abstract

Introduction: Pre anesthetic checkup is an important prerequisite of any surgery. Therefore the importance of a detailed pre anesthetic check-up including a thorough history and clinical examination should be known to all the patients undergoing any kind of surgery. It can be gauged by the fact that missing out even a single event like a previous drug reaction may jeopardize a precious life.
The aim of our study was to assess the understanding of the importance of a pre-anesthetic check-up (PAC) and its components amongst the population coming for elective surgeries in a tertiary care hospital in Urban India.