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Volume 18, Issue 8

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Pattern and Frequency of Hospital Acquired Infections in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Saudi Arabia
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Mohamad M. Almasadi, Saleh M. Al-Qahtani, Ibrahim Alhelali, Njood Alwadei, Asmahan Aasiri, Maryam Alnabhan, Fatmah Alassiri, Kholoud Alomar
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93839

Emergency Physician Practice of laboratory tests requesting at King Faisal Hospital Taif, KSA, 2020
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Abdulsalam Alshehri , Maryam A. Alzaylaee, Afnan S. ALgethami, Amjad W. Alotaibi, Hessa A. Alshahrani, Shumukh K, Aburukbah
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93840

The most desired values of high and low density lipoproteins and triglycerides in the plasma
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Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Mustafa Yaprak, Necmetin Tasci, Abdulrazak Abyad, Lesley Pocock
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93842

Quality of life of older patients attending a general hospital in Baghdad/Iraq
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Maha Sulaiman Younis
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93841

Physical activity profile among Saudi adults in Abha City, Saudi Arabia
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Yousef Hussain Al Zahib, Hammam Baarimah
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93843

Coronavirus Environment vs Socio-Economic and Demographic Problems Followed: A Sociological Appraisal
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Mohammad Taghi Sheykhi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93844

Flexible intramedullary nails for treatment of femoral shaft fracture in children, Aden, Yemen
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Abdulsalam Abdullah Hadi Mohsen
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93845

Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors and its Renal benefits in type 2 diabetes. A Systematic Review
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Saad Ur Rehman, Faiqa Rahman
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93846

Parkinson's Disease: An update on Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Management. Part 4 : Differential Diagnosis and Patient Assessment
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Abdulrazak Abyad
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93847

Bloodstream infection with Kocuria rhizophila: A case report and review of literature
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Njood M. Alwadei, Ibrahim Alhelali, Moustafa S Mohame
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93848

Knowledge, attitudes and awareness of women about the long and short-term effects of a caesarean section for mothers and children in Taif, KSA, 2020
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Ashwaq K. Al-Harthi, Shumukh K. Aburukbah , Afnan S. Algethami , Faten A. Kaabi ,
Abdullah M. Altalhi, Maryam A. Alzaylaee
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93849


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August 2020 - Volume 18, Issue 8

Emergency physician Practice of laboratory tests requesting at King Faisal Hospital Taif, KSA, 2020

Abdulsalam Alshehri (1)
Maryam A. Alzaylaee (2)
Afnan S. Algethami (2)
Amjad W. Alotaibi (2)
Hessa A. Alshahrani (2),
Shumukh K, Aburukbah (2)

(1) Department of Family Medicine, Alaqeeq Health Center, Taif city, Saudi Arabia
(2) Medical student, Taif university, Saudi Arabia

Corresponding author:
Maryam A. Alzaylaee
Medical College, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
Tel.: 0530494389
Email: Mrym.Abdulrahman1995@gmail.com

Received: June 2020; Accepted: July 2020; Published: August 1, 2020. Citation: Abdulsalam Alshehri et al. Emergency physician Practice of laboratory tests requesting at King Faisal Hospital Taif, KSA, 2020. World Family Medicine. 2020; 18(8): 13-20 DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93840

Abstract


Background: Studies have found that unnecessary testing at the emergency department, King Faisal Hospital, was found to be expensive, inefficient, and requires additional technical resources.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the practice of laboratory tests in emergency room requested by emergency physicians at King Faisal Hospital, Taif, KSA.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was done on 340 patient files that were checked for laboratory tests requested by the emergency doctors. The checklist included items about demographic data, presence of chronic diseases, laboratory tests requested, and whether these tests were normal, was used for data collection.

Results: CBC was requested for 97.9% of patients, LFT was requested for 82.9%, Urea/creatinine test was requested for 84.1% of the participants and electrolytes testing was requested for 88.5% of them. Vitamin D testing was requested for 42% of the participants and blood sugar testing was requested for 12.1% of them. The mean number of lab. tests done for studied patients was (6.82 ± 1.86). Patients with chronic diseases and those with comorbidities had a significantly higher mean number of requested tests.

Conclusions: There was an overuse of laboratory tests at the ED which necessitates to choose the necessary analyses for each patient and to implement education and training of physicians on the ways to decrease unnecessary lab test ordering.

Key words: practice, laboratory, tests, emergency, room, Taif

 







 


 
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