Real time monitoring of risk-adjusted paediatric cardiac surgery outcomes using variable life-adjusted display: Implementation in three UK centres

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1445-1450

  Pagel, Christina ^a   Utley, Martin ^a   Crowe, Sonya ^a   Witter, Thomas ^b   Anderson, David ^b   Samson, Ray ^c   McLean, Andrew ^c   Banks, Victoria ^d   Tsang, Victor ^d   Brown, Katherine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARDIAC SURGERY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883796760     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-303671     Document Type: Article

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