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Philip Pastides1, Szymon Tokarczyk, Laura Ismail
1Whittington Hospital, London. ppastides@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The purpose of preoperative investigations is to provide diagnostic and prognostic information. Preoperative tests requested for a cohort of patients admitted for simple trauma related procedures were retrospectively reviewed. Adherence to the NICE guidelines was found to be 5%. No result from a blood test led to a change in the management of the patient. The authors believe that implementation of the NICE guidelines will reduce clinical time and result in huge financial savings for individual institutions.
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