Why the study?
Does a fast-track postoperative recovery policy improve recovery times and reduce complications in low-risk cardiac surgery patients?
Does a fast-track postoperative recovery policy improve recovery times and reduce complications in low-risk cardiac surgery patients?
A fast-track recovery policy for low-risk cardiac surgery patients safely reduces time to extubation, ICU stay, and total hospital length of stay.
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Supports fast-track recovery in low-risk cardiac surgery; leaves open need for RCTs before practice change.
Gooi et al. (2007) studied this question.
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