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The use of routine preoperative tests for elective surgery
The NICE clinical guideline on preoperative tests covers tests that are often carried out when someone is due to have a planned (elective) surgical operation and that are carried out before the operation by doctors or nurses in hospitals, preoperative assessment clinics or, in some cases, in the GP’s surgery or health centres.
The NICE guideline makes recommendations on the circumstances in which the tests should be done, not done, or considered – for example, whether a certain test is recommended may depend on the patient’s age or how serious the planned operation is.
Responsibility for undertaking a review of this guidance at the designated review date has passed to the National Clinical Guidelines Centre for Acute and Chronic Conditions (NCGCACC). The National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care is no longer active.
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Other information
How this guidance was produced
Background information
This page was last updated: 18 April 2011
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Guideline formats
- Web format
- NICE Guideline
- Full Guideline
- Patient version (PDF)
- CG3 Profion arferol a gaiff eu cynnal cyn llawdriniaeth lawfeddygol a gynlluniwyd: deall canllawiau NICE
Guideline review
Review decision:
Following the recent review recommendation, an update of this guideline is currently in the process of being scheduled into the work programme. Details of any update will be available on the guidelines in development webpage.
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Implementation tools and resources
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See this guidance in practice
Patient
The summary of the key recommendations in the guidance written for patients, carers and those with little medical knowledge and may be used in local patient information leaflets.
Quick Reference Guide
The quick reference guide presents recommendations for health professionals
NICE Guideline
The published NICE clinical guideline, contains the recommendations for health professionals and NHS bodies.
Full Guideline
The published full clinical guideline for specialists with background, evidence, recommendations and methods used.
