Profile and length of stay of coronary artery bypass graft patients in the Cape metropolitan area

Southern African Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 56-60

  Manie, Shamila ^a   Hanekom, Susan ^b   Faure, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 58549087974     PISSN: 15628264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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