Opening of a new postanesthesia care unit: Impact on critical care utilization and complications following major vascular and thoracic surgery

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 486-493

  Schweizer, Alexandre ^a   Khatchatourian, Gregory ^a   Höhn, Laurent ^a   Spiliopoulos, Anastase ^a   Romand, Jacques ^a   Licker, Marc ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Intermediate care unit; Risk factors; Thoracic surgery; Vascular surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; MORTALITY; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ODDS RATIO; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY ROOM; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036861107     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(02)00403-8     Document Type: Article

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