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Title
Preoperative pulmonary risk stratification for noncardiothoracic surgery: systematic review for the American College of Physicians.
Authors
Smetana, Gerald W; Lawrence, Valerie A; Cornell, John E; American College of Physicians
Abstract
The importance of clinical risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complications and the value of preoperative testing to stratify risk are the subject of debate.
Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 2006, Vol 144, Issue 8, p581