Why the study?
Does early discharge without routine intensive care unit monitoring compromise safety in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy?
Does early discharge without routine intensive care unit monitoring compromise safety in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy?
Routine intensive care unit monitoring is not required after carotid endarterectomy, and discharge within 24 to 48 hours is safe for the majority of patients.
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Early discharge after carotid endarterectomy was associated with shorter stays and no apparent safety signals; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Harbaugh et al. (1995) studied this question.
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