Patients presenting for vascular surgery frequently have multiple coexisting diseases. To meet the goal of providing a safe anesthetic with optimum resource use, we must ex amine the impact of each of these conditions on the patient and how the data from a particular evaluation or test will impact our anesthetic plan. Existing guidelines may be valu able if adapted to institution-specific circumstances. Con sultants represent a relatively high-cost resource, which can be optimized when used with clear goals in sight. Finally, we may be able to modify our evaluation based on the antici pated procedure, as these patients are exposed to a range of potential hemodynamic stresses.
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