A prospective evaluation of preoperative screening laboratory tests in general surgery patients

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-45

  Alsumait, Basel M ^a,b   Alhumood, Salah A ^a   Ivanova, Titiana ^a   Mores, Maher ^a   Edeia, Magdi ^a  

^a MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Hospital; Laboratory tests; Preoperative care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KUWAIT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KUWAIT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036125009     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048660     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. The value of routine preoperative medical testing before cataract surgery
2. The usefulness of preoperative laboratory screening
3. The value of routine preoperative investigations
4. Anemia in pediatric day-surgery patients: Prevalence and detection
5. The value of preoperative estimation of haemoglobin in children undergoing tonsillectomy
6. Is the pediatric preoperative hematocrit determination necessary?
7. Prevalence and cause of anemia in the United States
8. Screening in health fair
9. Surgery and diabetes
10. Preoperative management of the patient with diabetes mellitus undergoing outpatient or elective surgery
11. A prospective evalution of the efficacy of preoperative coagulation testing
12. A prospective multicenter evaluation of preoperative hemostatic screening tests. The French Associations for Surgical Research
13. The preoperative management of anticoagulation
14. Efficacy of routine annual studies in the care of elderly patients
15. Value of the chest X-ray as a screening test for elective surgery in children
16. Preoperative electrocardiography: Its cost effectiveness in detecting abnormalities when a previous tracing exists
17. Preoperative electrocardiography: Effects of new abnormalities on clinical decisions
18. Outcomes of patients with no laboratory assessment before anesthesia and a surgical procedure