A 'fast track' protocol for conventional cardiac surgery - Experiences of a pilot study;Konventionelle herzchirurgie im fast-track-verfahren: Erfahrungen aus einer pilotstudie

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 44, 1998, Pages 1737-1742

  Berdat, P ^a   Kipfer, B ^a   Fischer, G ^a   Neidhart, P ^a   Mohacsi, P ^a   Althaus, U ^a   Carrel, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0032585229     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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