Fast tracking in cardiac surgery: is it safe?

Jeffrey B MacLeod; Kenneth D’Souza; Christie Aguiar; Craig D Brown; Zlatko Pozeg; Christopher White; Rakesh C Arora; Jean-François Légaré; Ansar Hassan

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Fast tracking in cardiac surgery: is it safe?

May 11, 2022

MacLeod JB, D’Souza K, Aguiar C, et al. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022;17(1):69.

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Post-operative complications can lead to increased length of hospital stay, cost, and resource utilization. This retrospective study compared “fast track” patients (patients extubated and transferred from ICU to a step-down unit the same day as their procedure) and patients who were not fast tracked. Results showed fast track pathways led to a reduction in ICU and overall hospital length of stay and similar post-operative outcomes.

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