Application of a complication screening method to congenital heart surgery admissions: A preliminary report

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 258-265

  Benavidez, Oscar J ^a   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a   Bacha, Emile ^a   Del Nido, Pedro ^a   Jenkins, Kathy J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CHD miscellaneous; Outcomes; Surgery complications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART GRAFT; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 40949119491     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9110-2     Document Type: Article

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