Preoperative assessment of the elderly patient

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 583-593

  Duncan, K O ^a   Leffell, D J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; COLCHICINE; DICLOXACILLIN; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISOTRETINOIN; LIDOCAINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NICOTINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYTOIN; PROPRANOLOL; RETINOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

AGED; AGING; ANESTHESIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030834421     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8635(05)70468-X     Document Type: Article

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