The pre-operative ECG in day surgery: A habit?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 907-908

  Murdoch, C J ^a,b,d   Murdoch, D R ^c   McIntyre, P ^a   Hosie, H ^a   Clark, C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, outpatient; evaluation, pre operative; Monitoring; electrocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0032831345     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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