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Preoperative laboratory evaluation of patients aged over 40 years undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery

Fábio Yoshito Ajimura, Alex Silva Santos Freire Maia, Adriana Hachiya, Alexandra Sayuri Watanabe, Maria do Patrocínio Tenório Nunes, Mílton A. Martins, Fábio Santana Machado

Sao Paulo Medical Journal · 2005 · 35 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Although there were substantial numbers of screening test abnormalities in preoperative evaluations, these results seldom interfered in patient management.

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