Rethinking the routine: Preoperative laboratory testing among American Society of Anesthesiologists class 1 and 2 patients before low-risk ambulatory surgery in the 2017 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program cohort

Routine preoperative laboratory testing is not recommended for American Society of Anesthesiologists classification 1 or 2 patients before low-risk ambulatory surgery.

Source: Surgery - August 28, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: George A. Taylor, Lawrence B. Oresanya, Sarah M. Kling, Vishal Saxena, Olga Mutter, Swathi Raman, Eric Y. Cho, Paul Deitrick, Matthew M. Philp, Kathryne Sanserino, Lindsay E. Kuo Source Type: research