These resources are intended to help the surgical teams (residents and surgical liaison nurses in particular) prepare patients for surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.
The advice within this section is most relevant to our particular practice.
The purpose of this page is to provide junior medical staff with information to assist them in pr...
In addition to the advice and Unit-Specific Guidelines, we are always happy to offer phone adv...
Guidelines for ordering pre-operative spirometry, CXR, transthoracic echocardiogram and cardiac s...
A detailed section on pre-operative assessment of the patient with OSA, screening for OSA, and po...
You have been referred to our service because you are having major surgery for cancer at St Vince...
A good understanding of perioperative risk is useful for surgical and anaesthesia planning, and f...
Cardiothoracic Colorectal Endoscopy ENT General Surgery DOS Hepatobiliary Neurosur...
