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Cardiac Surgical ICU Care: Eliminating “ P reventable” Complications
Author(s) -
Shake Jay G.,
Pronovost Peter J.,
Whitman Glenn J. R.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12124
Subject(s) - medicine , patient safety , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , medline , patient care , cardiac surgery , health care , nursing , surgery , political science , law , economics , economic growth
The goal of this article is to provide an outline of the latest advances in critical care that pertain to the open heart surgery patient, pinpointing initiatives that would enable physicians and institutions to successfully implement guidelines, protocols, checklists, and initiatives that have been shown to improve patient safety. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12124 (J Card Surg 2013;28:406–413)