Fast track recovery of elderly coronary bypass surgery patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 437-441

  Lee, Jai H ^a   Swain, Brenda ^a   Andrey, Jennifer ^a   Murrell, Helen K ^a   Geha, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CARDIOPLEGIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EARLY AMBULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0032753855     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00510-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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