Overuse of preoperative cardiac stress testing in medicare patients undergoing elective noncardiac surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-80

  Sheffield, Kristin M ^a   McAdams, Patricia S ^a   Benarroch Gampel, Jaime ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a   Boyd, Casey A ^a   Zhang, Dong ^a   Riall, Taylor S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

bariatric surgery; GLP 1; insulin secretion; morbid obesity; Roux en Y Gastric Bypass

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC STRESS TEST; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICARE; NEPHRECTOMY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84871621870     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31826bc2f4     Document Type: Article

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