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Patient care following carotid endarterectomy
S B Fowler1, R Cicoca, I Keller
1Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Medsurg Nursing : Official Journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
|May 8, 1999
Abstract:
Individuals with carotid artery disease often enter the health care system for surgery. Since carotid endarterectomy is a surgical procedure with associated risks, it is essential for health care providers to understand operative interventions and cardiac and neurologic responses to provide competent postoperative care.