Pre-operative screening for elective surgery

Bailliere's Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-371

  Dick, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Electrocardiogram; Laboratory tests; Medical history; Physical examination; Pre operative evaluation; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032470139     PISSN: 09503501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3501(98)80057-3     Document Type: Article

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