eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Medical Case Reports 2374-216X 2020-07-14 8 10 374 382 10.12691/ajmcr-8-10-15 AJMCR202081015 article Tobin Mathew 1 Francesca Macaluso 1 Isabel M. McFarlane Isabel.McFarlane@downstate.edu 1 Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn NY 11203, United States Objectives: To outline the key components of a pre-operative cardiac risk assessment. To review the major guidelines utilized to assess patients¡¯ surgical risks. To discuss the perioperative management of surgical patients to prevent cardiac and pulmonary complications. To review the utility of biomarkers in the pre- and post-operative period. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/8/10/15/ajmcr-8-10-15.pdf perioperative evaluation non-cardiac surgery surgical risk calculator revised cardiac risk medication management red flags functional capacity pulmonary risk assessment post-operative pulmonary complications