A handoff protocol from the cardiovascular operating room to cardiac ICU is associated with improvements in care beyond the immediate postoperative period

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 306-311

  Kaufman, Jonathan ^a   Twite, Mark ^b   Barrett, Cindy ^a   Peyton, Christine ^a   Koehler, Julianne ^a   Rannie, Michael ^c   Kahn, Michael G ^c   Schofield, Samuel ^a   Ing, Richard J ^b   Jaggers, James ^b   Hyman, Daniel ^a   Da Cruz, Eduardo M ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^b Heart Institute   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL HANDOVER; EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AIRWAY EXTUBATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COLORADO; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT HANDOFF; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84880558940     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(13)39043-6     Document Type: Article

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