Current preoperative testing practices in ambulatory surgery are widely disparate: A survey of CAS members

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 675-679

  Yuan, Hongbo ^a   Chung, Frances ^a   Wong, David ^a   Edward, Reginald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 27844577740     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03016552     Document Type: Article

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