Absolute vs relative improvements in congenital diaphragmatic hernia survival: what happened to "hidden mortality"

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 877-882

  Mah, V Kandice ^a   Zamakhshary, Mohammed ^b   Mah, Doug Y ^c   Cameron, Brian ^c   Bass, Juan ^a   Bohn, Desmond ^d   Scott, Leslie ^e   Himidan, Sharifa ^d   Walker, Mark ^a   Kim, Peter C W ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Hidden mortality; Institution; Population

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ONTARIO; SELECTION BIAS; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 65549159075     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.01.046     Document Type: Article

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