Is fast-track cardiac anesthesia now the global standard of care?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 689-691

  Silbert, Brendan S ^a   Myles, Paul S ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIAC ANESTHESIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; DATA BASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EDITORIAL; EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; STANDARD;

ANESTHESIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 61949259164     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318193c439     Document Type: Editorial

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