Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 214, Issue 2 , Pages 140-147 , February 2012

Preoperative Prediction of Non-Home Discharge: A Strategy to Reduce Resource Use after Cardiac Surgery

  • Gregory Pattakos, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Heart and Vascular Institute, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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  • Douglas R. Johnston, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart and Vascular Institute, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Douglas R Johnston, MD, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery/J4-1, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195
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  • Penny L. Houghtaling, MS

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Edward R. Nowicki, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Heart and Vascular Institute, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Eugene H. Blackstone, MD

      Affiliations

    • Heart and Vascular Institute, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
    • Research Institute, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Received 13 May 2011 ,Revised 7 November 2011 ,Accepted 8 November 2011.

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 Disclosure Information: Nothing to disclose.

 This study was supported in part by the Kenneth Gee and Paula Shaw, PhD, Chair in Heart Research (Dr Blackstone). Gregory Pattakos, MD, MS, is a National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Clinical Research Scholar of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network, and his master of science in clinical research has been funded by NIH grant 1U01HL088955-01.

PII: S1072-7515(11)01238-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.11.003

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 214, Issue 2 , Pages 140-147 , February 2012

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