Effectiveness of non-cardiac preoperative testing in non-cardiac elective surgery: A systematic review

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 926-939

  Johansson, T ^a   Fritsch, G ^a   Flamm, M ^a,b   Hansbauer, B ^a   Bachofner, N ^a   Mann, E ^a   Bock, M ^a,c   Sonnichsen A C ^a,d  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

adult; diagnostic tests, routine; preoperative procedures; review, systematic; surgical procedures, operative

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ACCURACY; AMBULATORY SURGERY; BLOOD GAS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY TEST; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84878317998     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet071     Document Type: Review

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