Stress testing before low-risk surgery[warning] so many recommendations, so little overuse

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 645-647

  Kerr, Eve A ^a,b   Chen, Jersey ^c   Sussman, Jeremy B ^a,b   Klamerus, Mandi L ^a   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART STRESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; CARDIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOLOGY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928193320     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7877     Document Type: Article

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