Randomized assessment of resource use in fast-track cardiac surgery 1-year after hospital discharge

Anesthesiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 651-657

  Cheng, Davy C H ^a,b,g   Wall, Claus ^c   Djaiani, George ^d   Peragallo, Raul A ^h   Carroll, Jo ^e   Li, Cindy ^f   Naylor, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences   (Canada)

^g LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FAST TRACK CARDIAC ANESTHESIA; FAST TRACK CARDIAC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037370494     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200303000-00013     Document Type: Article

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