Population
Consultants in surgery and anesthesiology in 60 hospitals in northern, central, and southern Italy
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Suggests potential overuse of preoperative testing from experience-driven decisions; leaves open whether education interventions improve evidence-based practice.
Routine preoperative investigations in Italy are often driven by personal experience rather than scientific evidence, leading to unnecessary procedures.
Angelillo et al. (1998) studied this question.
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