Preoperative investigations in elective surgery: Practices and costs at the national hospital of Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Ranasinghe, P ^a   Perera, Y S ^a   Abayadeera, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, audit; Assessment, preanaesthetic; Surgery, preoperative period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SRI LANKA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77952747741     PISSN: 13918834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/slja.v18i1.1558     Document Type: Article

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