Developmental outcomes following major surgery: What does the literature say?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 766-770

  Walker, Karen ^a,b   Badawi, Nadia ^a,b   Holland, Andrew J A ^a,b   Halliday, Robert ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

development; infant; surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCHISIS; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVORS; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 81455133013     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01867.x     Document Type: Review

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