The high risk cardiac surgical patient

Current Anaesthesia and Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 369-383

  Joshi, Pragnesh ^a   Fraser, John F ^a   Mullany, Daniel V ^a  

^a THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; APROTININ; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR DERIVATIVE;

AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BREATHING MECHANICS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

EID: 33745686065     PISSN: 09537112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cacc.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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