Medical errors: The performance gap in hypoplastic left heart syndrome and physiologic equivalents?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1465-1475

  Jacques, Frederic ^a   Anand, Vijay ^a   Hickey, Edward J ^a   Kotani, Yasuhiro ^a   Yadava, Mrinal ^a   Alghamdi, Abdullah ^a   Caldarone, Christopher A ^a   Redington, Andrew N ^a   Schwartz, Steven ^a   Van Arsdell, Glen S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877832278     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.12.065     Document Type: Article

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