Determinants of time to discharge following coronary artery by pass grafting

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 533-538

  Herlitz, Johan ^a   Brandrup, Gunnar ^a   Emanuelsson, Håkan ^a   Haglid, Maria ^a   Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Karlson, Björn W ^a   Sandén, Wanja ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Patient discharge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SEX; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030949457     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)84614-3     Document Type: Article

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