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Erschienen in: Pediatric Cardiology 4/2020

20.03.2020 | Editorial

An Ethical Argument for Professional Regulation and Regionalization of Care in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

verfasst von: Angira Patel, Rupali Gandhi

Erschienen in: Pediatric Cardiology | Ausgabe 4/2020

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Survival for children with congenital heart disease (CHD) has improved significantly over the last three decades. From 1979 to 1993, only 67% percent of infants with the most severe forms survived to one year of age, whereas from 1994 to 2005, 82.5% survived [1]. Nevertheless, data show that mortality improvements for infants with CHD are not uniform across institutions and centers that perform fewer surgeries typically have higher mortality rates [2]. …
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Metadaten
Titel
An Ethical Argument for Professional Regulation and Regionalization of Care in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
verfasst von
Angira Patel
Rupali Gandhi
Publikationsdatum
20.03.2020
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Pediatric Cardiology / Ausgabe 4/2020
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-020-02329-8

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