title: Why do clinicians continue to order 'routine preoperative tests' despite the evidence?
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. E-mail: abratean@ccf.org.|Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brateanu
authors.affiliation: Vice Chair for Research, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Rothberg
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003675:Defensive Medicine; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*