title: The Conundrum of Unnecessary Preoperative Testing.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Gerald W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Smetana
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006400:Hematocrit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D011859:Radiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000639:trends*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*; D016482:Urinalysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*