Preoperative evaluation

American Family Physician

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 387-396

  King, Mitchell S ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Glenbrook Family Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; RADIOISOTOPE; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; BREATHING EXERCISE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LUNG DISEASES; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0034661363     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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