Why the study?
Does personal and family history assessment reduce the need for routine coagulation testing in patients undergoing surgery?
Does personal and family history assessment reduce the need for routine coagulation testing in patients undergoing surgery?
Personal and family history are sufficient for preoperative bleeding and thrombosis risk assessment in most surgical patients, avoiding unnecessary routine coagulation testing.
Personal and family histories are the most important assessments of a patient’s individual risk for bleeding and thrombosis with surgery, and will often rule out the need for routine coagulation testing
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