Lack of adherence with preoperative B-blocker recommendations in a multicenter study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 596-601

  Kolodner, Debra Quinn ^a,c,d   Do, Huong ^b   Cooper, Mary ^c   Lazar, Eliot ^c   Callahan, Mark ^b,c  

^a Weill Medical College of Cornell ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic antagonists; Health care; Perioperative care; Practice guidelines; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33744489344     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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