Databases for assessing the outcomes of the treatment of patients with congenital and paediatric cardiac disease – the perspective of cardiology

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue S2, 2008, Pages 116-123

  Jenkins, Kathy J ^a   Beekman Iii, Robert H ^b   Bergersen, Lisa J ^a   Everett, Allen D ^c   Forbes, Thomas J ^d   Franklin, Rodney C G ^e   Klitzner, Thomas S ^f   Krogman, Otto N ^g   Martin, Gerard R ^h   Webb, Catherine L ⁱ  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Heart Center Duisburg   (Germany)

^h CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiology outcomes; complications; Congenital heart disease; patient safety; quality improvement; registry

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63849295726     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951108002825     Document Type: Article

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