What Type of Pre Op Testing is Needed for a Rhinoplasty? Blood Work? Ekg?

The tests that are required prior to rhinoplasty will vary depending on several factors. If you are young and healthy you will probably just need a CBC.  I only obtain an ecg in my patients over 50 years of age or if there is a history of cardiac disease.   Other blood tests such as blood chemistry may be necessary if you are on certain medication particularly anti hypertensives.

In Canada most physicians and institutions have moved away from standardized properative lab testing.  Testing should be determined preoperatively  and based on age, gender, and preexisting medical conditions.

As Dr. Aldea correctly pointed out, the majority of preoperative testing is wasteful, unnecessary, and provides very little useful information in a young healthy patient.  Most Surgeons will order a CBC, a serum chemistry, pregnancy test  in women of child bearing age, and in a patient over 50, an EKG as part of the "CYA protocol".  As Dr. John Dillon taught us as medical students at Georgetown, the majority of necessary clinical information is is obtained from a patient's history and physical examination.