A major step forward: Guidelines for the management of cardiac patients for non-cardiac surgery - The art of anaesthesia

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-91

  Sellevold, Olav F Münter ^a   De Hert, Stefan ^b   Pelosi, Paolo ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANESTHESIST; CARDIAC PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; ANESTHESIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 77950363567     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32833657cd     Document Type: Note

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