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Czoski-Murray C, Jones ML, McCabe C, et al. What is the Value of Routinely Testing Full Blood Count, Electrolytes and Urea, and Pulmonary Function Tests Before Elective Surgery in Patients with No Apparent Clinical Indication and in Subgroups of Patients with Common Comorbidities: A Systematic Review of the Clinical and Cost-Effective Literature. Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2012 Dec. (Health Technology Assessment, No. 16.50.)
What is the Value of Routinely Testing Full Blood Count, Electrolytes and Urea, and Pulmonary Function Tests Before Elective Surgery in Patients with No Apparent Clinical Indication and in Subgroups of Patients with Common Comorbidities: A Systematic Review of the Clinical and Cost-Effective Literature.
Show detailsThe electronic literature searches identified 396 potentially relevant articles. Of these, two articles14,28 met the review’s inclusion criteria (see Figure 5).
FIGURE 5
Adverse effects of pulmonary function testing: summary of study selection and exclusion (electronic literature searches).
Three additional relevant articles, by Manço et al.,31 Nemet et al.32 and Varkey and Cory,33 were identified only from citations, and a fourth, by Patel et al.,28 was identified by the clinical effectiveness searches.
- Review of the adverse effects of pulmonary function testing: quantity of researc...Review of the adverse effects of pulmonary function testing: quantity of research available - What is the Value of Routinely Testing Full Blood Count, Electrolytes and Urea, and Pulmonary Function Tests Before Elective Surgery in Patients with No Apparent Clinical Indication and in Subgroups of Patients with Common Comorbidities: A Systematic Review of the Clinical and Cost-Effective Literature
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