Institutional practice and outcome variation in the management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia and gastroschisis in Canada: A report from the Canadian Pediatric Surgery Network

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 801-807

  Baird, Robert ^a   Eeson, Gareth ^b   Safavi, Arash ^b   Puligandla, Pramod ^a   Laberge, Jean Martin ^a   Skarsgard, Erik D ^b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Gastroschisis; Outcomes; Practice variability

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERINATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; GASTROSCHISIS; GENERAL SURGERY; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PEDIATRICS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 79957538553     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.02.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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