Prospective assessment of a protocol for selective ordering of preoperative chest x-rays

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 259-264

  Charpak, Yves ^a,b   Blery, Christian ^a   Chastang, Claude ^a   Szatan, Mireille ^a   Fourgeaux, Bruno ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROTHSCHILD   (France)

Author keywords

Assessment; chest x ray; Complications; intraoperative; postoperative; Preoperative; protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023924362     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03010620     Document Type: Article

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