[Clinical analysis of routine laboratory examination for 464 dental patients].

PURPOSE: To study the clinical value of routine laboratory examination for dental patients.

METHODS

Routine blood and infectious disease examinations were performed in 464 dental patients.

RESULTS

For the 374 patients who received routine blood test, the percentage of WBC, HGB, PLT and WBC classification abnormality were 13.6%, 8.5%, 10.4% and 20.3% respectively. For the 369 patients who received coagulation tests, the percentage of PT and APTT abnormality were 1.3% and 1.9%. For the 142 patients who received hepatitis B virus examination, the percentage of HBsAg, HBeAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBe and anti-HBc abnormality were 4.9%, 0.7%,59.8%,17.6% and 40.8%,respectively. The positive rate for hepatitis C, syphilis and HIV inspections were 2.9%(2/70), 0.6%(1/150) and 0.5%(1/199),respectively.

CONCLUSION

Routine laboratory and infectious disease examinations are important in diagnosis, medical security and cross infection control in dental clinic.