A risk-prediction model for in-hospital mortality after heart transplantation in US children

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1240-1248

  Almond, C S ^a,b   Gauvreau, K ^a,c   Canter, C E ^d   Rajagopal, S K ^a,b   Piercey, G E ^a   Singh, T P ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; heart failure; heart transplantation; modeling; pediatric; risk factors; survival

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIAL BASED FUNCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VENTILATOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860480872     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03932.x     Document Type: Article

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