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20307867

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
Assessment of quality in pediatric cardiac surgery has frequently been an add-on to efforts to measure adult cardiac surgery, without sufficient acknowledgement of the differences between the specialties. As a result, data reporting has often proceeded without adequate attention to data analysis. Assessment of clinical outcomes relies on the methods of observational epidemiology. Interpretation of the results of such investigations requires an understanding of the limitations inherent in the design of observational studies: chance, bias, and confounding. These limitations are of particular importance when studying pediatric cardiac surgery because of the relatively low number of cases performed at any one institution or by any one surgeon, the diversity of operations, and the heterogeneity of the congenital cardiac patient population.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1092-9126
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
79-83
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Chance, bias, and confounding: threats to valid measurement of quality in the context of pediatric cardiac surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Mary Bridge/Swedish Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Program, Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center, 311 South L Street, Tacoma, WA 98415, USA. karl.welke@multicare.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article