Preoperative laboratory testing: should any tests be "routine" before surgery?
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Diagnostic Tests, Routine
- Preoperative Care