title: What is the rationale for preoperative medical evaluations? A closer look at surgical risk and common terminology.
authors.affiliation: Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA kriggs@uab.edu.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Riggs
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.|Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Segal
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment