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World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 135-137

  Gaies, Michael ^a   Pasquali, Sara K ^a   Scheurer, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

congenital heart surgery; database (all types); intensive care; morbidity); outcomes (includes mortality; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC SURGEON; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY; DATABASE (ALL TYPES); INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY); OUTCOMES (INCLUDES MORTALITY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

ANESTHESIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CRITICAL CARE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84907668533     PISSN: 21501351     EISSN: 21500136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150135113515496     Document Type: Article

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