Correlation of post-operative hypoalbuminemia with outcome of pediatric cardiac surgery

Journal of Tehran University Heart Center

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 234-239

  Davari, Paridokht Nakhostin ^a   Tabib, Avisa ^a   Ghaderian, Mehdi ^a   Givtaj, Nozar ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgical procedures; Congenital heart defect; Hypoalbuminemia

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOSE HEART SURGERY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

EID: 77953455680     PISSN: 17358620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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