Routine pregnancy testing before elective anesthesia is not an American society of anesthesiologists standard

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1715-1716

  Palmer, Susan K ^a   Van Norman, Gail A ^b   Jackson, Stephen L ^c  

^a Oregon Anesthesiology Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; NOTE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHESIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT RIGHTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349166696     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31819b34cf     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Kahn KL, Stanton MA, Tong-Ngork S, Liguori GA, Edmonds CR, Levine DS. One-year experience with day-of-surgery pregnancy testing before elective orthopedic procedures. Anesth Analg 2008;106:1127-31
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Pre-Anesthesia Evaluation. Practice advisory for pre-anesthesia evaluation. Anesthesiology 2002;96:485-96 (Amended Advisory is available at: www. asahq.org/clinicalinfo. htm)