Increased extracorporeal membrane oxygenation center case volume is associated with improved extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survival among pediatric patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 470-475

  Karamlou, Tara ^a   Vafaeezadeh, Mina ^b   Parrish, Andrea M ^b   Cohen, Gordon A ^a   Welke, Karl F ^b   Permut, Lester ^b   McMullan, D Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT; CANNULATION; CHILD; DATA BASE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872336808     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.11.037     Document Type: Article

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