Role of routine laboratory investigations in preoperative evaluation

• Autori principali: Aditya Kumar (Autore), Uma Srivastava (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Traditionally, routine investigations prior to surgery are considered an important element of preanesthetic evaluation to determine the fitness for anesthesia and surgery. During past few decades this practice has been a subject of close scrutiny due to low yield and high aggregate cost. Performing...