Preoperative laboratory testing: General issues and considerations

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-25

  Pasternak, L Reuven ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTPATIENT; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW;

ANESTHESIA; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 1942422733     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8537(03)00115-9     Document Type: Review

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