Cost-effective preoperative evaluation and testing

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 96S-100S

  Fischer, Stephen P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY TEST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032914334     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.suppl_2.96S     Document Type: Conference Paper

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