Preoperative laboratory testing: should any tests be "routine" before surgery?
Med Clin North Am
; 77(2): 289-308, 1993 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8441296
ABSTRACT
Routine preoperative testing of all patients before elective surgery is unjustified. The frequency of unanticipated abnormalities or abnormalities shown to change patient management is too low to justify a practice pattern of testing all patients. Furthermore, little evidence exists that test result abnormalities are associated with perioperative morbidity. Table 12 lists a compilation of the findings from this article and recommendations regarding routine testing.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Preoperative Care
/
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Type of study:
Guideline
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Med Clin North Am
Year:
1993
Document type:
Article