Preventing postoperative medical complications. How primary care physicians can help

Elnicki, D.M.; Shockcor, W.T.

Postgraduate Medicine 92(3): 189-96 202

1992


ISSN/ISBN: 0032-5481
PMID: 1518753
Document Number: 390966
Just as your concern for your patients' welfare does not stop at the operating room door, neither does your opportunity to improve their prognosis. Drs Elnicki and Shockcor believe that primary care physicians have a unique role in total patient care. In this article, they discuss prevention of major postoperative complications and recommend ways primary care physicians can help optimize their patients' perioperative status.

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