Should routine pre-operative testing be abandoned?

Anaesthesia

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 974-976

  Klein, A A ^b   Arrowsmith, J E ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 77956503401     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06503.x     Document Type: Editorial

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