title: Trends in Pulmonary Function Testing Before Noncardiothoracic Surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Louise Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Lung Health Program, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada6Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada8Division of Cardiology, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
authors.forename: Andrea S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gershon
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Program, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada8Division of Cardiology, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada9Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto.
authors.forename: Dennis T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: Stephan R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Thilen
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research Program, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Lingsong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: W Scott
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Beattie
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada5Cardiovascular Research Program, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada11L.
authors.forename: Duminda N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Wijeysundera
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000639:trends*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000639:trends*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*