Preoperative laboratory evaluation of patients aged over 40 years undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 50-53

  Ajimura, Fábio Yoshito ^a   Santos Freire Maia, Alex Silva ^a   Hachiya, Adriano ^a   Sayuri Watanabe, Alexandra ^a   do Patrocínio Tenório Nunes, Maria ^a   de Arruda Martins, Mílton ^a   Santana Machado, Fábio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood tests; Intraoperative complications; Laboratory techniques and procedures; Preoperative care; Routine diagnostic tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; Q WAVE; T WAVE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 20444507586     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802005000200003     Document Type: Article

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