New approach to interstage care for palliated high-risk patients with congenital heart disease

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 855-860

  Dobrolet, Nancy C ^a   Nieves, Jo Ann ^a   Welch, Elizabeth M ^a   Khan, Danyal ^a   Rossi, Anthony F ^a   Burke, Redmond P ^a   Zahn, Evan M ^a  

^a Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA ATRESIA; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTOPULMONARY SHUNT; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; BIDIRECTIONAL CAVOPULMONARY ANASTOMOSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; BODY HEIGHT; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE ATRESIA; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIMETRY; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 80052839799     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.01.054     Document Type: Article

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