Mortality as an outcome parameter for pediatric heart surgery

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 552-555

  Welke, Karl F ^a,b   Ungerleider, Ross M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART SURGERY; MORTALITY RATES; PEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGERY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS; STATISTICS;

PEDIATRICS;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748695340     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mat.0000235490.26754.09     Document Type: Article

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