The role of testing in the preoperative evaluation

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Hepner, David L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 74349122792     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.04     Document Type: Article

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