Preoperative hemostatic assessment: a new and simple bleeding questionnaire

ConclusionThe HEMSTOP score discriminates patients at an elevated risk for bleeding with recommended perioperative precautions from those without such recommendations as well as from healthy participants. Further evaluation of the HEMSTOP score is required for a better evaluation of its definitive usefulness to predict the risk of perioperative bleeding.
Source: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research