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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1401-1402
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a SICU, Department of Anesthesia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 5 Founders, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

e-mail: hansonb@mail.med.upenn.edu

As recently as fifteen years ago, it was axiomatic that the acquisition of more data about patients would confer improved outcomes. Nowhere was this belief more evident than in high profile environments like cardiac surgery. In the intervening decade, spiraling medical costs and our efforts to control them have modified the axiom to read "more is better provided you can afford it."

We now believe that less is better in some instances. Less ventilation is clearly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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