What is it about?
This article assesses the prevalence of abnormal test results in the patients aged 60 years or more and examines their preioperative anaesthetic impact in terms of management.
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Why is it important?
The issue has a major economic as well as health care delivery impact
Perspectives
Majority of the old age patients has one or other abnormal tests results in the routinely done preoperative tests. However, they have very minimal impact in terms of managing the patient but causes significant amount of delay, unnecessary re-testing, economic burden etc. We should introspect in to the matter as health care delivery is becoming unaffordable day by day
Dr Habib Md Reazaul Karim
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati
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This page is a summary of: Abnormal routine preoperative test results and their perioperative anesthetic impact in patients aged 60 years and more: An observational study, The Indian Anaesthetists Forum, January 2018, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/theiaforum.theiaforum_41_17.
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