Fundamental Procedural Radiology Peri-Procedural Tasks: System Based Evaluation Of The Patient

OVERVIEW

This page serves as a comprehensive guide that helps outline the major components of a system based evaluation of a patient that will potentially be undergoing a radiology procedure.

Its good to have a system in place that is simple, to the point, and works! This of course also applies to evaluating a patient for radiology procedures (image source).

While not every aspect of what is included in this guide will be relevant to every patient, it serves as a central location to organize his information in a systematic manner.

COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM BASED WORKUP

Each individual component (i.e. system) of the system based workup is listed below and has its own separate page for organizational purposes.

General:

  • Frailty

Neurological: 

Cardiovascular:

Pulmonary:

 

Gastrointestinal: 

  • MELD