Female sex as a risk factor for in-hospital mortality among children undergoing cardiac surgery

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1514-1522

  Chang, Ruey Kang R ^a   Chen, Alex Y ^a   Klitzner, Thomas S ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Pediatrics; Sex; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037126010     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000029104.94858.6F     Document Type: Article

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