@article{erdoan2013value,
  title = {Value of Preoperative Laboratory Tests in Elective Pediatric Outpatient Surgery},
  author = {Derya Erdoğan and Özlem Balcı and Ayşe Karaman and İbrahim Karaman and Hakan Çavuşoğlu},
  year = 2013,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/PRIJ/2013/589490/},
  journal = {Pediatrics Research International Journal},
  volume = 2013 (2013),
  pages = 5,
  doi = 10.5171/2013.589490,
  abstract = {Preoperative laboratory tests are a component of   the evaluation of the patient for the operation. The aim of this study is to evaluate the necessity of preoperative blood tests in outpatient surgery in children. This study was performed in the pediatric surgery clinic between January 2005 and June 2009 on 3,693 patients who underwent elective outpatient surgery. Results of the routine preoperative tests performed in all patients such as hemogram, liver enzymes, coagulation tests and anti-HCV antibody, hepatitis B antigen, and anti-HIV antibody were evaluated. Two thousand nine hundred of the patients were boys (78.5%) and 793 were girls (21.5%). Mean age was 33±38 months (median 19 months). One or more parameters were found to be abnormal in 194 patients (5.2%). Anemia was detected in 3.1% of the patients (n:117), liver enzymes were found to be elevated in 1.1% (n:40) of the patients and coagulation tests were found to be increased in 0.8% (n:30) of the patients. Operations were postponed in 1.9% (n:70) of the patients for evaluation or treatment. This study demonstrates that routine preoperative blood tests though they might be valuable in a small number of patients; however, they are unnecessary in 94.8% of the patients.},
  keywords = {Child, pediatric surgery, preoperative test, elective operation.},
  note = Article ID: 589490
}