Overuse of testing in preoperative evaluation and syncope a survey of hospitalists

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 100-108

  Kachalia, Allen ^a   Berg, Aaron ^b   Fagerlin, Angela ^c   Fowler, Karen E ^d   Hofer, Timothy P ^d   Flanders, Scott A ^b   Saint, Sanjay ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAINTNESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYNCOPE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84921672433     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-0694     Document Type: Review

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