Risk factors associated with readmission after pediatric cardiothoracic surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 865-873

  Kogon, Brian ^a   Jain, Ashish ^a   Oster, Matthew ^b   Woodall, Kimberly ^a   Kanter, Kirk ^a   Kirshbom, Paul ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SIBLEY HEART CENTER CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPLENIA; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; ETHNICITY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLICATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART COMPLICATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE FEEDING; OPERATING ROOM; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865277026     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.025     Document Type: Article

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