Surgical nurse assistants in cardiac surgery: A UK trainee's perspective

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-115

  Alex, Joseph ^a,b   Rao, Vinay P ^a   Cale, Alex R J ^a   Griffin, Steven C ^a   Cowen, Michael E ^a   Guvendik, Levent ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b The Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary revascularization; European working time directive; Outcome; Surgical nurse assistant; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSULTANTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0347364738     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00578-5     Document Type: Article

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