A coronary artery bypass 'fast-track' protocol is practical and realistic in a rural environment

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 706-709

  Quigley, Robert L ^a   Reitknecht, Felice L ^a  

^a GUTHRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; AGED; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST SAVINGS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OXYGENATORS, MEMBRANE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030823681     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00717-0     Document Type: Article

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