The usefulness of routine preoperative laboratory tests for one-day surgery in healthy children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-15

  Meneghini, L ^a   Zadra, N ^a   Zanette, G ^a   Baiocchi, M ^a   Giusti, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Anesth and Intensive Care Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia: evaluation; Preoperative

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINOR SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINESTERASES; CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031939637     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1998.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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