Ambulatory Surgery: How Much Testing Do We Need?

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-197

  Richman, Deborah C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Assessment; Laboratory; Preoperative; Surgery; Testing

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTERIAL GAS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OBESITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 77952261073     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2010.03.001     Document Type: Review

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