They found that patients from this group who required admission to intensive or critical care
units after surgery were more likely to have a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive
heart failure, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, or suffering blood loss of more than 1,000 milliliters during
surgery or requiring vasopressors (medications that raise low blood pressure) during
surgery.
Before that time, she worked in cardiac transplantation, open
heart surgery and pulmonary intensive care
units after graduation from Presbyterian University Hospital School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, PA..