Rapid recovery management: The effects on the patient who has undergone heart surgery

• Published in: Heart & lung Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 289 - 298
• Main Authors: Dunstan, Joanne L., Riddle, Marnita M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis, MO Mosby, Inc 01.07.1997; Mosby
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - economics; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - mortality; Coronary Care Units; Costs and Cost Analysis; Female; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Medical sciences; Patient Readmission; Pneumonia - etiology; Postoperative Care - methods; Postoperative Complications; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Preoperative Care - methods; Retrospective Studies; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Heart; Human; Postoperative; Mortality; Cardiovascular disease; Relation; Treatment; Heart disease; Surgery; Holding time; Hospital ward; Complication; Resuscitation

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patients who have undergone heart surgery can be managed with use of rapid recovery guidelines without any subsequent increase in complication, mortality, or readmission rates. DESIGN: Retrospective study, two groups, comparative. SETTING: Private midwestern hospital...