Are Routine Preoperative Chest Radiographs Useful in General Surgery? A prospective, multicentre study in 3959 patients

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 597-604

  Bouillot, Jean Luc ^b   Fingerhut, Abe ^f   Paquet, Jean Christophe ^a   Hay, Jean Marie ^a   Coggia, Marc ^a   Millat, Bertrand ^a   Gayral, François ^a   Alexandre, Jean Henri ^b   Claquin, Jacky ^b   Houssin, Didier ^c   Delaitre, Bernard ^c   Gratteau, François ^c   Chapuis, Yves ^c   Fagniez, Pierre Louis ^a   Julien, Michel ^a   Rotman, Nelly ^a   Kracht, Mathias ^a   Duron, Jean Jacques ^a   Valleur, Patrice ^d   Hautefeuille, Pierre ^d   Flamant, Yves ^a   Parmentier, Gilles ^a   Zeitoun, Guy ^a   Clot, Philippe ^e   more..

^a Hôpital Broussais ^*

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^c Hôpital Lariboisière ^*  (France)

^d HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^e SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANESTHESIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0029818127     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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