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This study investigates the correlation of abnormal findings in pre\u2010operative tests and pathologic findings in the medical history with perioperative complications.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patients scheduled for elective surgery in a secondary care hospital were included in this prospective cohort study. Abnormal pre\u2010operative tests, significant findings from the medical history and perioperative complications were recorded. Regression analysis was performed in order to identify the strongest predictors for perioperative complications.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 1363 (56.1% female) patients were consecutively included in this study. The percentage of abnormalities in pre\u2010operative tests ranged from 1.6% (electrolytes) and 29.7% (echocardiography). Eighty\u2010six (6.3%) patients had at least one perioperative complication. The most frequent complications were hypo\u2010 or hypertension in 55 cases (4.0%), followed by 20 patients (1.5%) who suffered from hemodynamically relevant cardiac dysrhythmias such as supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, bradycardia and ventricular extrasystoles. The binary logistic regression analysis to identify predictors of perioperative complications showed significant results for age, invasiveness of the procedure, history of renal disease or anemia and abnormal\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ECG<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our results indicate that age, type of surgery and medical history are appropriate predictors of perioperative complications, whereas abnormalities in laboratory tests seem to have restricted ability in predicting adverse perioperative outcome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1399-6576.2011.02593.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,12,20]],"date-time":"2011-12-20T14:40:54Z","timestamp":1324392054000},"page":"339-350","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":66,"title":["Abnormal pre\u2010operative tests, pathologic findings of medical history, and their predictive value for perioperative complications"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"56","author":[{"given":"G.","family":"FRITSCH","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg  Salzburg Austria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M.","family":"FLAMM","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine Paracelsus Medical University  Salzburg Austria"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"D. 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