Major infection after pediatric cardiac surgery: External validation of risk estimation model

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2091-2095

  Kansy, Andrzej ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^b   Pastuszko, Andrzej ^a   Mirkowicz Maek, Magorzata ^a   Manowska, Magorzata ^a   Jezierska, Elbieta ^a   Maruszewski, Przemyesaw ^a   Burczyski, Piotr ^a   Maruszewski, Bohdan ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MODEL; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTICEMIA; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870045401     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.07.079     Document Type: Article

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