Table 1. Breakdown of Investigations at Kyabirwa Surgical Center .
Data is presented as n (%).
a Includes urinalysis, d-dimer, stool analysis, urine hCG, and bleeding time; bIncludes ultrasounds of the head, neck, thyroid, breast, and chest; cIncludes barium swallow in imaging of the thoracic inlet and scapula.
STD: sexually transmitted disease; OB-GYN: obstetrics and gynecology; hCG: human chorionic gonadotrophin
| Diagnostic tests/imaging | Frequency (Percentage), n (%) |
| Laboratory Tests (N=3174) | |
| Pre-Operative & Basic Labs | 1863 (58.7) |
| Infectious Disease Screening | 592 (18.7) |
| Cancer Screening | 260 (8.2) |
| Endocrine Workup | 183 (5.8) |
| STD Screening | 98 (3.1) |
| Othera | 179 (5.6) |
| Ultrasound (N=3281) | |
| Abdominal/Pelvic | 2268 (69.1) |
| OB/GYN | 415 (12.6) |
| Soft Tissueb | 410 (12.5) |
| Testicular/Scrotal | 157 (4.8) |
| Orthopedic | 19 (0.6) |
| Vascular | 12 (0.4) |
| X-ray (N=920) | |
| Chest | 416 (45.2) |
| Extremity | 247 (26.8) |
| Spine | 177 (19.2) |
| Abdominal | 32 (3.5) |
| Pelvis | 23 (2.5) |
| Skull/Facial Bone | 14 (1.5) |
| Otherc | 11 (1.2) |