Rapid recovery management: The effects on the patient who has undergone heart surgery

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 289-298

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

^a St Mary's Health Center   (United States)

^b S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030789403     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9563(97)90086-8     Document Type: Article

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