Why the study?
Do preoperative screening electrocardiograms predict adverse cardiovascular perioperative events in adult ambulatory surgery patients?
Population
751 consecutive adult patients who underwent ambulatory surgery (relatively healthy outpatients)
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Preoperative ECGs did not predict events in this ambulatory cohort; should not yet change practice and leaves open utility in higher-risk settings.
Do preoperative screening electrocardiograms predict adverse cardiovascular perioperative events in adult ambulatory surgery patients?
Routine preoperative ECGs in relatively healthy ambulatory surgery patients do not predict perioperative cardiovascular events, questioning their routine utility.
Barbara Gold (1992) studied this question.
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