Prospective comparison of costs and short term health outcomes of surgical versus device closure of atrial septal defect in children

Heart

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-70

  Hughes, Marina L ^a   Maskell, G ^a   Goh, T H ^a   Wilkinson, J L ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0036088529     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.88.1.67     Document Type: Article

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