A specialized post-anaesthetic care unit improves fast-track management in cardiac surgery: A prospective randomized trial

Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Probst, Stefan ^a   Cech, Christof ^a   Haentschel, Dirk ^b   Scholz, Markus ^a   Ender, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Heart Center Coswig   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POST ANESTHETIC CARE UNIT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PIRITRAMIDE; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; COST CONTROL; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; PIPERIDINES; PIRINITRAMIDE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84941738294     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-014-0468-2     Document Type: Article

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