Improving patients' readiness for coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 29-37

  Chaisson, Kristine ^a   Sanford, Mary ^b   Boss, Richard A ^a   Leavitt, Bruce J ^c   Hearne, Michael J ^d   Ross, Cathy S ^e   Olmstead, Elaine M ^e   Kramer, Robert S ^f   Hofmaster, Patricia ^g   Mingo, Cathy ^g   Duquette, Dennis ^h   Maislen, Elizabeth ⁱ   Clark, Jean A ⁱ   Likosky, Donald S ^j   Horton, Susan R ^k   O'Connor, Gerald T ^e   Malenka, David J ⁱ  

^a New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group Geisel School of Medicine Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g EASTERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Portsmouth Regional Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84917683421     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: 19408250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2014951     Document Type: Article

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