Fast-tracking in pediatric cardiac surgery - The current standing

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-101

  Mittnacht, Alexander J C ^a   Hollinger, Ingrid ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Congenital heart surgery; Early extubation; Fast tracking

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DOPAMINE; HALOTHANE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; KETOROLAC; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MILRINONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; REMIFENTANIL; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION RISK; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; LARYNX INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG BAROTRAUMA; LUNG INFECTION; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INJURY; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TRACHEA INJURY; TUBE REMOVAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; ECONOMICS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; INFANT; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 77955897246     PISSN: 09719784     EISSN: 09745181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9784.62930     Document Type: Review

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