title: Nursing interventions to reduce perioperative cardiac morbidity and mortality.
abstract: Morbidity and mortality remain high for patients with preexisting cardiac disease undergoing noncardiac surgery. These patients use an increasing number of intensive care unit, ventilator, and hospital days. This article analyzes research on factors influencing morbidity and mortality of noncardiac surgery patients and identifies nursing interventions that can improve outcomes for these patients.
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walton
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D003663:Decision Trees; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D012307:Risk Factors