Is routine pre-operative blood testing in children necessary?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1831-1834

  Mallick, Mohammad S ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMATOMA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINOR SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAUDI ARABIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WOUND INFECTION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR;

EID: 39049182436     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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