Timing of chest tube removal after coronary artery bypass surgery

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-146

  Abramov, Dan ^a   Yeshaaiahu, Michal ^a   Tsodikov, Vadim ^a   Gatot, Inbar ^a   Orman, Solomon ^a   Gavriel, Aharon ^a   Chorni, Ilia ^a   Tuvbin, David ^a   Tager, Salis ^a   Apelbom, Azai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CHEST TUBE REMOVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORAX DRAINAGE; TUBE; WOUND DRAINAGE;

AGED; CHEST TUBES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20144387762     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2005.200347.x     Document Type: Article

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