Open AccessPre-operative laboratory testing: A prospective study on comparison and cost analysis
Author(s) -
Venkatesh H Keshavan,
Chidananda Mn Swamy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.193678
Subject(s) - medicine , nice , prospective cohort study , diagnostic test , cost analysis , tertiary care , emergency medicine , surgery , general surgery , computer science , engineering , reliability engineering , programming language
Pre-operative investigations are performed before any surgical intervention under anaesthesia. Many are considered as routine. However, there are no clear guidelines regarding these in India. We aim to look at the relevance of the laboratory investigations ordered routinely and their cost implications compared with the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines.