The medium-to-long-term outcome of Papua New Guinean children after cardiac surgery

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-74

  Tefuarani, Nakapi ^a   Vince, John ^a   Hawker, Richard ^b   Sleigh, Adrian ^c   Williams, Gail ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642342980     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013321     Document Type: Article

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