Should pregnancy testing be routine in adolescent patients prior to surgery?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 854-858

  Malviya, Shobha ^a,b   D'Errico, Celia ^a   Reynolds, Paul ^a   Huntington, John ^a   Voepel Lewis, Terri ^a   Pandit, Uma A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY TEST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0029910991     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199610000-00035     Document Type: Article

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