Cardiac surgical ICU care: Eliminating "preventable" complications

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 406-413

  Shake, Jay G ^a   Pronovost, Peter J ^b   Whitman, Glenn J R ^b  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHECKLIST; DATA BASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STRESS ULCER; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84880771461     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12124     Document Type: Review

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