Is early hospital discharge feasible following normothermic coronary artery surgery on the fibrillating heart

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 583-589

  Casula, R P ^a   Velissaris, T J ^b   Dar, M ^b   Athanasiou, T ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Patient discharge; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; FUROSEMIDE; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS RHYTHM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WALKING;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0942277048     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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