Routine preoperative coagulation tests: an outdated practice?
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Routine preoperative coagulation tests: an outdated practice?
Routine coagulation tests have been used for many years in the preoperative setting in the belief that they identify patients who may have acquired or congenital bleeding disorders, and on the assumption that testing will predict perioperative bleeding allowing treatment to be given and prevent it. Coagulation ‘screens’ typically include the prothrombin time (PT) and the activated partial throm...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq357