Use of a nurse-led intervention to optimize beta-blockade for reducing cardiac events after major noncardiac surgery

American Heart Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 784-790

  Marwick, Thomas H ^a   Branagan, Helen ^a   Venkatesh, Bala ^a   Stewart, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; DOBUTAMINE; METARAMINOL; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; TROPONIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUEENSLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63149187122     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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