A rapid recovery program for cardiac surgery patients

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 152-159

  Riddle, Marnita M ^a,b   Dunstan, Joanne L ^b   Castanis, Jan L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Turkey)

^b St Mary's Health Center

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; ECONOMICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030097658     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1996.5.2.152     Document Type: Article

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