Complex Information for Anesthesiologists Presented Quickly and Clearly

eval = evaluation; OR = odds risk; preop = preoperative.

Infographic created by Jonathan P. Wanderer, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, BobbieJean Sweitzer, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Angela M. Bader, Brigham and Women’s Health Care/Harvard Medical School, and James P. Rathmell, Brigham and Women’s Health Care/Harvard Medical School. Illustration by Annemarie Johnson, Vivo Visuals. Dr. Wanderer is funded by the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research, Schaumburg, Illinois, and Anesthesia Quality Institute’s Mentored Research Training Grant—Health Services Research, Schaumburg, Illinois. Address correspondence to Dr. Wanderer: jon.wanderer@vanderbilt.edu.

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