Center variation in patient age and weight at fontan operation and impact on postoperative outcomes

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1445-1452

  Wallace, Michelle C ^a   Jaggers, James ^c   Li, Jennifer S ^a,b   Jacobs, Marshall L ^d   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^e   Benjamin, Daniel K ^b   O'Brien, Sean M ^a,b   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Smith, P Brian ^a,b   Pasquali, Sara K ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955445733     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.064     Document Type: Article

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