Routine Preoperative Hemostatic Laboratory Evaluation Prior to Tonsillectomy or Adenoidectomy in Children

HaEmek Medical Center, Israel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coagulation Abnormalities

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00972361

0134-08-EMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Routine analysis of coagulation profile is recommended before adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy or ventilation tubes insertion in children.

A proportion of those children reveal borderline abnormal values of Partial Prothrombin Time (aPTT) or Prothrombin Time (PT) and then they are referred to a consultant hematologist for further evaluation and recommendations before surgery.

The purpose of this study is to summarize the causes of referrals in a cohort of 200 children and to assess the further laboratory analysis preformed and the results obtained.

Full description

Data from about 200 children that were evaluated for abnormal coagulation tests performed before minor surgery.

The data will include cause of referral, laboratory analysis performed and results.

If the data allows the outcome of the operation and bleeding complications, will also recorded.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 months to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All the patients referred to the pediatric hematology unit for evaluation due to coagulation abnormalities before minor surgery

Exclusion criteria

• No exclusion are applicable