Are routine preoperative medical tests needed with cataract surgery? Study of visual acuity outcome

Current Eye Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-290

  Nascimento, Maurício Abujamra ^a,b   Cavalcanti Lira, Rodrigo Pessoa ^a   Limeira Soares, Paulo Henrique ^a   Spessatto, Nolvar ^a   Kara José, Newton ^a   Leite Arieta, Carlos Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cataracts; Diagnostic tests; Elderly; Preoperative care; Utilization of health services; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; REDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; BRAZIL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1842855291     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.28.4.285.27832     Document Type: Article

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