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The Sternal Management Accelerated Recovery Trial (S.M.A.R.T) – standard restrictive versus an intervention of modified sternal precautions following cardiac surgery via median sternotomy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: The routine implementation of sternal precautions to prevent sternal complications that restrict the use of the upper limbs is currently worldwide practice following a median sternotomy. However, evidence is limited and drawn primarily from cadaver studies and orthopaedic research. Stern...

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Autores principales: Katijjahbe, Md Ali, Denehy, Linda, Granger, Catherine L., Royse, Alistair, Royse, Colin, Bates, Rebecca, Logie, Sarah, Clarke, Sandy, El-Ansary, Doa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5481951/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28645301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-1974-8