Reducing routine laboratory tests in patients with isolated extremity fractures: a prospective safety and feasibility study in 246 patients.

Conclusions: In patients with surgically treated fractures about the elbow and knee, obtaining a single set of laboratory tests on postoperative day 2 is safe and efficacious in terms of reducing inappropriate resource utilization.
Trial registration: retrospectively registered.
PMID: 31249624 [PubMed]

Source: Patient Safety in Surgery - June 30, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Amin RM, Loeb AE, Hasenboehler EA, Levin AS, Osgood GM, Sterling RS, Stahel PF, Shafiq B Tags: Patient Saf Surg Source Type: research