Is race associated with morbidity and mortality after hospital discharge among neonates undergoing heart surgery?

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 415-423

  Lasa, Javier J ^a,b   Cohen, Meryl S ^a,b   Wernovsky, Gil ^a,b   Pinto, Nelangi M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Congenital heart disease; Mortality; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEWBORN; RISK ADJUSTMENT FOR CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY 1; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELECONSULTATION;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84879503608     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0475-5     Document Type: Article

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