Fast-track method in cardiac surgery: Evaluation of risks and benefits of continuous administration technique

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 470-475

  Najafi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass; Fast track; General anaesthesia; Intensive care unit; Length of stay; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; MORPHINE SULFATE; PROPOFOL; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EVALUATION RESEARCH; EXTUBATION; FAST TRACK METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEDATION;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ATRACURIUM; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PROPOFOL;

EID: 47249146941     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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