Extended written pre-operative information about possible complications at cardiac surgery - Do the patients want to know?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-414

  Ivarsson, Bodil ^a   Larsson, Sylvia ^b   Lührs, Carsten ^a   Sjöberg, Trygve ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Complications; Consent information; Preoperative information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 23844558504     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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