Examens biologiques au cours de la consultation d’anesthésie pour chirurgie programmée.

The anaesthetic consultation is a medical procedure designed to assess anaesthetic and surgical risk. The aim of ourstudy wasto describe the biological work-up of patients attending an anaesthetic consultation forscheduled surgery. This was a longitudinal, descriptive, prospective study covering 4 months. All patients attending an anaesthesia consultation for scheduled surgery at Yaoundé Central Hospital were included. Sampling was consecutive. The informations were collected using a data sheet. Variables included age, sex, indication for surgery, history, biological work-up, ASA classification and anaesthetic technique. Data were analysed using Epi info version 3.5.2 and Microsoft Office Excel 2013. Three hundred and ninety-five patients were included. The majority were male, with a sex ratio of 1.09. The mean age was 35.9 ± 22.4 years. Anaesthesia consultation for neurosurgery was the most frequent (23.3%). Hypertension was the most common comorbidity (38.5%). The Full blood count was the most frequently performed test (99.5%). Biological abnormalities were found in 16.8% (n=355/2109). The main abnormalities were impaired renal function (54.1%) and anaemia (28.4%). Patients were classified as ASA 1 (64.8%). The most indicated anaesthetic technique was general anaesthesia (68.4%). Anaesthetic consultation is essential for assessing the operative risk. The full blood count and hemostasis tests are the most realized biological tests [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]