Use of preoperative testing and physicians' response to professional society guidance

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1352-1359

  Sigmund, Alana E ^a,b   Stevens, Elizabeth R ^a   Blitz, Jeanna D ^a,b   Ladapo, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC STRESS TESTING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939818416     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.2081     Document Type: Article

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