Effect of hospital case volume on outcome in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: the experience of the Canadian Pediatric Surgery Network

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 873-876

  Grushka, Jeremy R ^a   Laberge, Jean Martin ^a   Puligandla, Pramod ^a   Skarsgard, Erik D ^b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital anomaly; Diaphragmatic hernia; Hospital volume; Neonate; Population based outcomes; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANADA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 65449124606     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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