Evaluating Compliance with Institutional Preoperative Testing Guidelines for Minimal-Risk Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery

Table 1

Demographic data.

Variables	𝑛 (%)
Age (years)
18–45	953 (63.7)
46–60	492 (32.9)
61–65	51 (3.4)
Specialties
Orthopedics	393 (26.3)
Gynecology	373 (24.9)
Ophthalmology	93 (6.2)
Otolaryngology	249 (16.6)
General surgery	388 (26.0)
Extensiveness of surgery
Major	1337 (89.4)
Minor	159 (10.6)
Period
June 2010–Aug 2010	374 (25)
Sep 2010–Nov 2010	373 (25)
Dec 2010–Feb 2011	375 (25)
Mar 2011–May 2011	374 (25)