[A standard questionnaire to reduce the routine battery of preoperative tests for elective surgery].

Background: Preoperative medical testing in the United States is estimated at $3,000,000 USD per year. In an attempt to reduce this cost, some key points have been described with the purpose of promoting appropriate preoperative measurements with an adequate costObjective: To evaluate the utility of a preoperative standardized questionnaire in adult patients prior to elective surgery to detect which patients could be operated without laboratory testing.

Method: An observational, prospective and analytic study was carried out.