Perioperative risk: Review of two guidelines for assessing older adults

Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 61-66

  Wertheim, William A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033926432     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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