Variation in the practice of preoperative medical consultation for major elective noncardiac surgery: A population-based study

Anesthesiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-34

  Wijeysundera, Duminda N ^a,b,c   Austin, Peter C ^b   Beattie, W Scott ^b   Hux, Janet E ^b,d   Laupacis, Andreas ^c,e,f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84555190396     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31823cfc03     Document Type: Article

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