Patients after lung resection heading to the high-dependency unit: a cost-effectiveness study for managing lung cancer patients

Patients after lung resection heading to the high-dependency unit: a cost-effectiveness study for managing lung cancer patients

Abstract Background Recently, most thoracic surgery units allocate patients post lung resection to high-dependency units (HDU) rather than the old trend of intensive care units (ITU). The aim of the study is to assess the safety and efficacy of such a policy. We compared a single group of patients w...

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Main Authors: Hany Hasan Elsayed, Mohamed Hussein Ahmed, Mohamed El Ghanam, Tamer Hikal, Mohammed Abdel-Gayed, Assem Adel Moharram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-06-01
Series:The Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Subjects:
High-dependency unit
Cost-effectiveness
Lung cancer
Lobectomy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43057-022-00078-3

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