Usefulness of pre-operative investigations;Indications des examens pre-operatoires

Revue Medicale Libanaise

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 96-100

  Daher, Michel ^a,b  

^a SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

evaluation; indications; pre operative tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029955695     PISSN: 10166017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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