Open AccessCardiothoracic Surgeon Management of Postoperative Cardiac Critical Care
Author(s) -
Glenn Whitman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.298
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , cardiothoracic surgery , cardiac surgery , intensive care , emergency medicine , surgery , intensive care medicine
To determine whether postoperative cardiac care by cardiothoracic surgeons in a semiclosed intensive care unit model could be distinguished from that given by intensivists who are not board certified in cardiothoracic surgery.