The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 312-319, February 2010

Is the “sterile cockpit” concept applicable to cardiovascular surgery critical intervals or critical events? The impact of protocol-driven communication during cardiopulmonary bypass

Read at the Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting of The Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada, June 24–27, 2009.

Received 29 June 2009; received in revised form 4 October 2009; accepted 25 October 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01415-9

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.10.048

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 2 , Pages 312-319, February 2010

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