Is the RACHS-1 (Risk adjustment in congenital heart surgery) a useful tool in our scenario?;O escore de risco ajustado para cirurgia em cardiopatias congênitas (RACHS-1) pode ser aplicado em nosso meio?

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-431

  Nina, Rachel Vilela De Abreu Haickel ^a,b   Gama, Mônica Elinor Alves ^a   Dos Santos, Alcione Miranda ^a   Nina, Vinícius José Da Silva ^a   De Figueiredo Neto, José Albuquerque ^a   Mendes, Vinícius Giuliano Gonçalves ^a   Lamy, Zeni Carvalho ^a   Brito, Luciane Maria De Oliveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Federal do Maranhão ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 45949108620     PISSN: 01027638     EISSN: 16789741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76382007000400008     Document Type: Article

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