title: Anaesthetic management and postoperative care of cardiac surgical patients in a general recovery ward.
abstract: The postoperative care of 143 cardiac surgical patients has been successfully conducted in a general surgical recovery ward. Admission was limited to overnight stay only and all but two patients were returned to the general ward the following day. There were no deaths. The intra-operative anaesthetic management was considered to have played an important part in the success of this technique.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011997:Recovery Room