Why the study?
Does postoperative care on a cardiac surgical ward reduce post-ICU length of stay in postoperative cardiac surgical patients?
Does postoperative care on a cardiac surgical ward reduce post-ICU length of stay in postoperative cardiac surgical patients?
Postoperative care of cardiac surgical patients on a dedicated surgical ward significantly reduces post-ICU length of stay compared to medical wards.
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Dedicated surgical ward care was associated with shorter post-ICU stay; leaves open causality and generalizability in this observational cohort.
Gödje et al. (1999) studied this question.
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