Computer simulation of changes in nursing productivity from early tracheal extubation of coronary artery bypass graft patients

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 593-598

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Macario, Alex ^a,b   Dexter, Elisabeth U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; cost analysis; labor productivity; Discrete event, computer generated; Nursing; operations research; simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EXTUBATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; COST SAVINGS; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032211874     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(98)00095-6     Document Type: Article

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