The preoperative assessment of the geriatric patient

Progress in Anesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 67-80

  Barnett, Sheila R ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FUNCTION TEST; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 2142759524     PISSN: 08915784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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