Hospital variation in postoperative infection and outcome after congenital heart surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 657-663

  Pasquali, Sara K ^a,b   He, Xia ^b   Jacobs, Marshall L ^c   Hall, Matthew ^d   Gaynor, J William ^e   Shah, Samir S ^f   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Hill, Kevin D ^a,b   Li, Jennifer S ^a,b   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^f CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

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CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881135744     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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