Congenital heart surgeon's technical proficiency affects neonatal hospital survival

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1119-1124

  Shuhaiber, Jeffrey ^a   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a   Thiagarjan, Ravi ^a   Bacha, Emile ^a   Mayer, John ^a   Del Nido, Pedro ^a   Pigula, Frank ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIAC SURGEON; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; AGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BOSTON; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85027955447     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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