Why the study?
Does routine laboratory screening improve the detection of occult hemostatic defects compared to clinical history in patients undergoing adenotonsillectomy?
Does routine laboratory screening improve the detection of occult hemostatic defects compared to clinical history in patients undergoing adenotonsillectomy?
Routine preoperative laboratory screening improved the detection of occult hemostatic defects in adenotonsillectomy patients compared to clinical history alone.
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May support routine labs over history alone for detecting occult defects before adenotonsillectomy; leaves open effect on bleeding outcomes.
Bolger et al. (1990) studied this question.
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