Care models and associated outcomes in congenital heart surgery

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Burstein, Danielle S ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^b   Li, Jennifer S ^a   Sheng, Shubin ^a   O'Brien, Sean M ^a   Rossi, Anthony F ^c   Checchia, Paul A ^d   Wernovsky, Gil ^e   Welke, Karl F ^f   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Jacobs, Marshall L ^g   Pasquali, Sara K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f Multicare Health System   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart surgery; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL SWITCH OPERATION; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL REPAIR; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957896653     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2796     Document Type: Article

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