Routine preoperative medical testing for cataract surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2019, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Keay, Lisa ^a   Lindsley, Kristina ^b   Tielsch, James ^c   Katz, Joanne ^b   Schein, Oliver ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENT; BRAZIL; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ITALY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; AGE; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; META ANALYSIS; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST SAVINGS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85059774452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007293.pub4     Document Type: Review

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