title: Programmes, guidelines and protocols - the antithesis of precision medicine?
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester M23 9LT, UK.
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Columb
authors.affiliation: St James's, Leeds - Academic Unit of Anaesthesia, St James's University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK p.m.hopkins@leeds.ac.uk.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020127:Recovery of Function