Does more testing in routine preoperative evaluation benefit the orthopedic patient? Case control study from a resource-constrained setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Routine preoperative tests in healthy patients not only cause extra anxiety, but may delay treatment without influencing surgical plan. This has worse impact in resource-constrained settings where fee for service rather than health insurance is the usual norm. Investigators aim to determine if "routine" pre-operative tests are justified in healthy orthopedic patients.

Methods

We conducted a non-commercialized, non-funded matched case control study in tertiary care university hospital and a level-1 trauma centre for healthy patients (ASA-1&2) admitted from January 2014-December 2016 for elective orthopedic intermediate and major procedures. Cases (patient who had a change in his/her surgical plan after admission) and controls were selected independently of the expo

SUBMITTER: Hasan O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8181773 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature