Preoperative pulmonary risk stratification for noncardiothoracic surgery: Systematic review for the American College of Physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 581-595

  Smetana, Gerald W ^a   Lawrence, Valerie A ^b   Cornell, John E ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLLEGE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; LUNG DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33646012328     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-8-200604180-00009     Document Type: Review

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