Preoperative laboratory evaluation

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-87

  Velanovich, Vic ^a,b,c  

^a Ireland Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALNUTRITION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030009091     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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