title: Do healthy patients need routine laboratory testing before elective noncardiac surgery?
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. E-mail: houchen@ccf.org.|Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Houchens
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment