Perioperative cardiac evaluation of simulated patients by practicing anesthesiologists is not consistent with 2007 ACC/AHA guidelines

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 446-455

  Vigoda, Michael M ^a   Behrens, Vicente ^a   Miljkovic, Nikola ^b   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Lubarsky, David A ^a   Dutton, Richard P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Anesthesia Quality Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesiologists; Cost effective care; Guideline adherence; Guidelines; Preoperative evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866394239     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: 18734529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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