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2385117

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-14
pubmed:abstractText
After successful cardiac operations in the early 1980s the most common causes of prolonged hospitalizations were noncardiac disorders. We prevented or quickly corrected these noncardiac disorders after operations in succeeding patients and observed in the following 2 years that the shortest postoperative stays in the hospital were followed by the fewest rehospitalizations. In 240 consecutive patients the median length of hospital stay after operation was 4 days. The operations included coronary artery bypass procedures, aortic valve replacements, and mitral valve operations. Six patients (2.5%) were rehospitalized within 6 months after discharge and five patients (2.1%) were rehospitalized 6 to 24 months after discharge: Longer initial hospitalizations would not have prevented rehospitalizations. Forty of the 240 patients were discharged on the third postoperative day or earlier (one patient). None died or were rehospitalized in the following 2 years. Prevention or quick correction of noncardiac disorders allowed rapid recovery after heart operations, and rapid recovery indicated that health would be maintained.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-5223
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
194-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Rapid sustained recovery after cardiac operations.
pubmed:affiliation
Hospital of The Good Samaritan, Los Angeles, Calif.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article