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Postoperative outreach care for cardiac patients
1Cardiac Services Unit, University of Leicester Hospitals, Glenfield General Hospital NHS Trust, Leicester.
Professional Nurse (London, England)
|May 28, 2002
Abstract:
Cardiac patients' length of hospital stay has greatly decreased in recent years. Rapid discharge programmes following routine post-cardiac surgery are thought to be safe and cost-effective. A programme of postoperative outreach care can monitor problems and prevent readmission.