title: Cardiac surgery pathway cuts postoperative intubation time in half.
authors.affiliation: University Community Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rook
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D019091:Critical Pathways; D005431:Florida; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007902:Length of Stay; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors