Pragmatic treatment versus elaborative but incomplete testing: A Hobson's choice?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 526-529

  Spahn, Donat R ^a   Chassot, Pierre Guy ^b   Zaugg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUCINDOLOL; CLOPIDOGREL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; SULFONYLUREA;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; GUIDELINES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34748820550     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000282095.72213.85     Document Type: Editorial

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