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complications and then attempting to modify that risk. For most patients without underlying lung
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- ►oxfordjournals.org [PDF] A Perez, J Planell, C Bacardaz, A Hounie … - British Journal of …, 1995 - British Jrnl Anaesthesia Summary We have assessed the value of routine preoperative tests in asymptomatic patients
and their influence on anaesthetic and surgical decisions. We studied 3131 ASA I and II patients
from four general hospitals undergoing elective surgical procedures. A retrospective ... Cited by 80 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
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LA Vachon, JM Leedom and GD Overturf tuberculosis. New data on an old test. Chest
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S Sherman, JA Skoney, KP … - Archives of Internal …, 1989 - archinte.highwire.org \s=b\Routine admission chest radiographs were abnormal in 35 (14%) of 242 patients hospitalized
with an exacerbation of chron- ic obstructive pulmonary disease and resulted in management
changes that were appropriate and clinically significant in only 11 cases (4.5%). Based ... Cited by 56 - Related articles - All 3 versions
Y Charpak, C Blery, C Chastang, M Szatan, B … - Canadian Journal of …, 1988 - Springer Routine preoperative chest x-rays are still widely employed worldwide, although results of man
studies do not support their broad utilization. A protocol for selective ordering of preopera- tive
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Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Dr. Brainsky), the Section of General Internal Medicine, Department
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TG Tape, AI Mushlin - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1988 - Springer ABOUT HALF of all radiologic procedures are chest x-rays, 1 many of which are done routinely
prior to surgical procedures. Other investigators have shown that the yield of such routine films
is mini- maF-4; these results form the basis for recommenda- tions against the use of ... Cited by 34 - Related articles - All 2 versions
DN Mohr, JR Jett - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1988 - Springer Pulmonary complications are generally an ex- tension of the usual postoperative changes in
pulmo- nary function that occur because of the surgical pro- cedure, anesthesia, tightness of
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