Does fast-tracking increase the readmission rate after pulmonary resection? A case-matched study

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1083-1087

  Salati, Michele ^a   Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Xiumè, Francesco ^a   Refai, Majed ^a   Pompili, Cecilia ^a   Sabbatini, Armando ^a  

^a United Hospitals of Ancona   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fast track; Pathways of care; Postoperative stay; Pulmonary resection; Readmission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863842617     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr171     Document Type: Article

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