Low weight in congenital heart surgery: Is it the right way?

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 330-333

  Netz, Barbara C ^a   Hoffmeier, A ^a   Krasemann, T ^a   Zahn, P ^a   Scheid, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aristotle score; Congenital heart surgery; Low weight; Outcome; RACHS 1

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ACIDOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28944439537     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865901     Document Type: Review

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