Nowadays open-chest surgery in the era of fast-track management

Fast-track Surgery – a New Concept - the Perioperative Anesthetic Management -

The continuously growing pressure upon medical systems as a result of the increasing number of patients who need a surgical procedure and as a result of the economical restrains lead to the development of a new concept: fast-track surgery. This concept brings together different perioperative strategies which according to evidence-based medicine are useful strategies. The goal of the concept is ...

Fast-track surgery and the elderly.

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Implementation of the Nursing Care Management Program in Intensive Care Unit: Open Heart Surgery

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Fast Track Cardiac Surgery and Anesthesia

Fast Track Extubation In Adult Patients On Pump Open Heart Surgery At A Tertiary Care Hospital.

Background Fast-track cardiac surgery programs have been established as the standard of cardiac surgical care. Studies have shown that early extubation in elective cardiac surgery patients, including coronary and non-coronary open-heart surgery patients does not increase perioperative morbidity and mortality. The objective of this observational study was to determine the success and failure pro...