Is haemostasis biological screening always useful before performing a neuraxial blockade in children?

C. Le Roux, C. Lejus, MARIELLE SURBLEB, M. Renaudin, Christian Guillaud, Ariane De Windt, BETTY LASNIER, M. Pinaud

Pediatric Anesthesia · 2002 · 13 citations · 15 references

Abstract

When routine testing is performed in nonwalking children, the screening number increases without leading to a higher number of anaesthetic management changes, suggesting that routine testing does not seem to provide much extra information in the absence of a positive history.

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