Cardio-thoracic intensive therapy--status

Cardio-thoracic intensive care units primarily receive patients for recovery following cardio-thoracic surgery. Approximately 70% of the patients belong to this category. 18% are patients who are admitted or readmitted directly. Transplantations, pulmonary endarterectomy, congenital heart diseases a...

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Published in:	Ugeskrift for læger Vol. 169; no. 8; p. 685
Main Authors:	Wanscher, Michael C J, Christiansen, Christian Lindskov, Hassager, Christian, Sloth, Erik
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Danish
Published:	Denmark 19-02-2007
Subjects:	Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods Cardiac Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data Coronary Care Units - statistics & numerical data Critical Care - methods Critical Care - statistics & numerical data Humans Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data Postoperative Care - methods Postoperative Care - statistics & numerical data Respiratory Therapy - methods Respiratory Therapy - statistics & numerical data Thoracic Surgical Procedures - methods Thoracic Surgical Procedures - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:	Cardio-thoracic intensive care units primarily receive patients for recovery following cardio-thoracic surgery. Approximately 70% of the patients belong to this category. 18% are patients who are admitted or readmitted directly. Transplantations, pulmonary endarterectomy, congenital heart diseases and therapeutic hypothermia patients are a small group (12%) but make up a large part of the activity because of their extended length of stay. The use of ventricular assist devices and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation are both important in the future management of cardio-ventilatory recovery.
ISSN:	1603-6824