I. Guidelines for routine preoperative testing

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 495-497

  Carlisle, J ^a   Langham, J ^b   Thoms, Gavin ^c  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; UREA;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT SYSTEM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY TEST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; METHODOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 5444220076     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeh230     Document Type: Editorial

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