Surgical volume and center effects on early mortality after pediatric cardiac surgery: 25-year north american experience from a multi-institutional registry

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1226-1236

  Vinocur, Jeffrey M ^a,e   Menk, Jeremiah S ^c   Connett, John ^b,c   Moller, James H ^a,d   Kochilas, Lazaros K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Infants and children; Quality improvement; Surgical volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE REGISTRY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84878013615     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-013-0633-4     Document Type: Article

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