| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Therefore, it is important to look not only at the benefits and harms of preoperative testing in general, but also at specific patient and intervention (surgery-related) factors that might change the balance between the benefits and harms: namely, the risk of the surgical procedure, type of anesthesia planned, indication for surgery, comorbidities, and other patient characteristics.
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