Population
354 adult patients undergoing routine surgery over a 2-week period
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Inappropriate pre-op ECG use is common; leaves open whether guideline-based interventions improve ordering without prospective confirmation.
There is significant inappropriate utilization of pre-operative ECGs, with both underuse in indicated patients and overuse in non-indicated patients, highlighting an area for quality improvement and cost reduction.
Callaghan et al. (1995) studied this question.
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