The Value of Preoperative Screening Investigations in Otherwise Healthy Individuals

Multifactorial Index of Cardiac Risk in Noncardiac Surgical Procedures

1977 • 2,734 citations

The Usefulness of Preoperative Laboratory Screening

1985 • 487 citations

Costs of unnecessary tests.

1979 • 148 citations

EVALUATION OF A PROTOCOL FOR SELECTIVE ORDERING OF PREOPERATIVE TESTS

1986 • 132 citations

Prothrombin and Partial Thromboplastin Times as Preoperative Screening Tests

1982 • 125 citations

Usefulness of Screening Chest Roentgenograms in Preoperative Patients

1983 • 105 citations

Admissions Screening: Clinical Benefits

1975 • 97 citations

Preoperative Evaluation of the Healthy Patient

1979 • 97 citations

28,621 Cholecystectomies in Ohio

1970 • 96 citations

Physician Use of Services for the Hospitalized Patient: A Review, with Implications for Cost Containment

1981 • 76 citations

Routine preoperative chest radiography in non-cardiopulmonary surgery.

1976 • 64 citations

How cost effective are routine preoperative investigations?

1980 • 59 citations

The "abnormal" screening laboratory results. Its effect on physician and patient.

1972 • 54 citations

Preoperative electrocardiography: its cost-effectiveness in detecting abnormalities when a previous tracing exists.

1979 • 46 citations

Assessment of fitness for surgical procedures and the variability of anaesthetists' judgments.

1980 • 39 citations

EPIDEMIOLOGY IN ANAESTHESIA: I: ANAESTHETIC PRACTICE OVER 20 YEARS

1982 • 36 citations

Use and abuse of clinical chemistry in surgery.

1965 • 17 citations

Surgical treatment of the biliary tract. Morbidity and mortality.

1966 • 2 citations