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Early VS conventional extubation after cardiac surgery

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1) Sixty percent of low and moderate risk cardiac surgery patients could be succesfully extubated within 11 h of operation. 2) As a result length-of-stay in ICU was reduced and the percentage of patients discharged within 24 h was increased. 3) There was no increase in postoperative morbidity.

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  1. Intensive Care Unit Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

    Reyes A., Vega G., Blancas R., Morató B., Moreno J L, Torrecilla C., Cereijo E. & Torres T.

  2. Cardiac Surgery Department Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

    Duarte J.

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Reyes, A., Vega, G., Blancas, R. et al. Early VS conventional extubation after cardiac surgery. Intensive Care Med 22 (Suppl 1), S132 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01921306

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