2003
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000200006
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Valor preditivo de exames pré-operatórios em facectomias

Abstract: DescritoresExtração de catarata. Testes diagnósticos de rotina. Cuidados pré-operatórios. Keywords Cataract extraction. Diagnostic tests, routine. Preoperative care. ResumoObjetivo Determinar a prevalência de resultados anormais numa rotina de exames pré-operatórios para facectomias e sua influência na ocorrência de complicações clínicas perioperatórias. Métodos Estudo prospectivo desenvolvido em um centro médico acadêmico no Brasil, com uma amostra de 746 pacientes, selecionados entre indicados para cirurgia … Show more

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“…Such high rates of inappropriate TTE requests have only been reported so far in the study by Rao et al 5 , who observed 26% of inappropriate requests. Other evaluations in literature [6][7][8][9] point to a much smaller percentage of TTE requests classified as inappropriate. However, unlike this study, most of the information already published on this topic included patients admitted at the assessment, which tends to inflate the appropriate use of the procedure, since, being hospitalized, most of these patients has undergone recent changes in the clinical picture, an observation that makes the request appropriate according to the AC.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%
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“…Such high rates of inappropriate TTE requests have only been reported so far in the study by Rao et al 5 , who observed 26% of inappropriate requests. Other evaluations in literature [6][7][8][9] point to a much smaller percentage of TTE requests classified as inappropriate. However, unlike this study, most of the information already published on this topic included patients admitted at the assessment, which tends to inflate the appropriate use of the procedure, since, being hospitalized, most of these patients has undergone recent changes in the clinical picture, an observation that makes the request appropriate according to the AC.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…In relation to the "non-classified" TTE indications, literature indicates very variable percentages (values in studies ranging from 2% to 36%) 1,[8][9][10][11][12][13] . Our sample showed 10.7% of "non-classified" indications in the total sample, and in the private institution this number was 13.6%, versus 7.9% in the public hospital.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The literature has shown that for the vast majority of elderly patients with stable diseases, routine laboratory tests are a waste of time and financial resources 1,[3][4][5]12,[14][15][16]40 . In this study, about ten tests was performed per patient, and only the determination of blood glucose can be considered important for the assessment of the patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, there is little evidence that any abnormalities found in tests compulsorily performed are associated with increased surgical morbidity. Evidence suggests that 60-70% of preoperative tests would be unnecessary if a careful clinical evaluation was performed [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] . However, routine preoperative tests increase hospital costs and provide no protection regarding legal medicine, becoming, in this sense, an eventual extra risk for medical staff when unnecessary tests result in requests for other diagnostic procedures, which may entail risks and complications for patients 4,10 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The indications for such tests must be documented and based on information obtained from the results and scheduled surgical procedure complexity 9 . Unnecessary tests may cause injury to patients due to overtreatment of a false-positive or borderline result, and increase costs without reducing perioperative complications 12,13 . Reducing the number of laboratory tests results thereby decreasing operating costs, time, and medical stress associated with false positive results 12 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%