Role of routine laboratory investigations in preoperative evaluation

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-179

  Kumar, Aditya ^a   Suffixivastava, Uma ^a  

^a S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Routine laboratory investigations; Routine preoperative tests; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL RISK; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958720407     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.81824     Document Type: Article

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