Dedicated pediatric cardiac intensive care unit in a developing country: Does it improve the outcome

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-126

  Balachandran, Rakhi ^a   Nair, Suresh G ^a   Gopalraj, Sunil S ^a   Vaidyanathan, Balu ^a   Kumar, R Krishna ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

dedicated intensive care unit; intensivist; Pediatric cardiac intensive care

Indexed keywords

AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 80052959259     PISSN: 09742069     EISSN: 09745149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.84648     Document Type: Article

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