Preoperative chest X-rays: A teachable moment

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-

  Niess, Meredith A ^a   Prochazka, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG NODULE; MILD INTERMITTENT ASTHMA; NOTE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 84892407799     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10531     Document Type: Note

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