Cardiothoracic surgery

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Treatment
Home-based cardiac rehab was as effective as hospital-based rehab in improving cardiac risk factors

David R Thompson
Evid. Based Nurs. 2009; 12: 83. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clinical prediction guide
A clinical prediction rule based on preoperative factors predicted the development of delirium after cardiac surgery

Irene Travale
Evid. Based Nurs. 2009; 12: 90. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Review: compression plus pharmacological prophylaxis reduces VTE more than monotherapy in high-risk patients

Salima SJ Ladak
Evid. Based Nurs. 2009; 12: 54. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quality improvement
Protocol-directed sedation did not reduce duration of mechanical ventilation or hospital stay in ICU patients

Janette Bennett
Evid. Based Nurs. 2008; 11: 124. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Qualitative
Many patients with coronary heart disease believed that stress and lifestyle factors caused their illness

Carol Jillings
Evid. Based Nurs. 2008; 11: 127. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Telling smokers their "lung age" promoted successful smoking cessation

George Shuster
Evid. Based Nurs. 2008; 11: 76. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Decontamination of the nasopharynx and oropharynx with chlorhexidine reduced nosocomial infections in cardiac surgery

Gina Maiocco, Jane Brosnahan
Evid. Based Nurs. 2007; 10: 115. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quality improvement
Including a weaning predictor in the daily assessment of weaning readiness increased mechanical ventilation weaning time

Judith L Reishtein
Evid. Based Nurs. 2007; 10: 91. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Causation
Review: good adherence to drug therapy is associated with reduced mortality

Valerie Abbott-Mitchell
Evid. Based Nurs. 2007; 10: 24. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment
Mechanical ventilation with heated humidifiers or with heat and moisture exchangers with microbiological filters did not reduce ventilator associated pneumonia in adults

Ros MacLeod, Tracey Bucknall
Evid. Based Nurs. 2006; 9: 82. [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]