https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Activities of home-based heart failure nurse specialists: A modified narrative analysis https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:125 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:43:17 AEDT ]]> Long-term survival after cardiac surgury in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:30177 P Trend < .001). Conclusions: COPD and PLOS are 2 of many factors that affect long-term mortality in postoperative CABG patients. Aggressive treatment strategies aimed at early weaning off of mechanical ventilation and prevention of reintubation among COPD patients must be considered carefully as a means to reduce length of stay after CABG. Our results also have important implications for the long-term management of these patients and strategies for containing costs over the life course of the patient.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:26:16 AEDT ]]>