Immediate extubation versus standard postoperative ventilation: Our experience in on pump open heart surgery

Elective postoperative ventilation in patients undergoing "on pump" open heart surgery has been a standard practice. Ultra fast-track extubation in the operating room is now an accepted technique for "off pump" coronary artery bypass grafting. We tried to incorporate these experi...

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Main Authors: Srikanta Gangopadhyay, Amita Acharjee, Sushil Kumar Nayak, Satrajit Dawn, Gautam Piplai, Krishna Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2010;volume=54;issue=6;spage=525;epage=530;aulast=Gangopadhyay