Variation in outcomes for risk-stratified pediatric cardiac surgical operations: An analysis of the STS congenital heart surgery database

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 564-572

  Jacobs, Jeffrey Phillip ^a   O'Brien, Sean M ^b   Pasquali, Sara K ^b   Jacobs, Marshall Lewis ^c   Lacour Gayet, François G ^d   Tchervenkov, Christo I ^e   Austin III, Erle H ^f   Pizarro, Christian ^g   Pourmoghadam, Kamal K ^h   Scholl, Frank G ⁱ   Welke, Karl F ^j   Gaynor, J William ^k   Clarke, David R ^l   Mayer, John E ^m   Mavroudis, Constantine ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^e MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^g NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁿ FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE DATABASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864273606     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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