Variation in Preoperative and Intraoperative Care for First-stage Palliation of Single-ventricle Heart Disease: A Report from the Joint Council on Congenital Heart Disease National Quality Improvement Collaborative

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-115

  Brown, David W ^a   Connor, Jean A ^a   Pigula, Frank A ^a   Usmani, Kudret ^a   Klitzner, Thomas S ^b   Beekman Iii, Robert H ^c   Kugler, John D ^d   Martin, Gerard R ^e   Neish, Steven R ^f   Rosenthal, Geoffrey L ^g   Lannon, Carole ^c   Jenkins, Kathy J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Congenital Heart Disease; Pediatric; Quality Improvement

Indexed keywords

AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; FEMALE; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; NORWOOD PROCEDURES; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952996837     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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