What is it about?
This paper has tried out to find the practice and reasons for routine pre-operative investigations before elective surgeries by anaesthesiologists and surgeons. It also compares the reason and practice between the anaesthesiologists and surgeons.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
This paper will help us to know the various aspects needed to address for reducing the gun shot practice of routine pre-operative investigations before elective surgeries.
Perspectives
Routine preoperative investigations are not recommended. It leads to many unnecessary tests which actually do not contribute in the management of such patients. It costs a huge amount to the patients as well as the health care delivery authority. With continued escalating health care cost, it is very important to reduce the surgical care cost as it is a lion share of the total health care cost.
Dr Habib Md Reazaul Karim
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Practice and reasons for routine pre-operative investigations among anaesthesiologists and surgeons: An online survey, Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, January 2017, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/ija.ija_92_17.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
