Change in anaesthesia practice and postoperative sedation shortens ICU and hospital length of stay following coronary artery bypass surgery

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1066-1070

  Michalopoulos, A ^a   Nikolaides, A ^a   Antzaka, C ^a   Deliyanni, M ^a   Smirli, A ^a   Geroulanos, S ^a   Papadimitriou, L ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PANCURONIUM BROMIDE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

EID: 0031713269     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90356-0     Document Type: Article

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