Early morbidities following paediatric cardiac surgery: a mixed-methods study

• Main Authors: Katherine L Brown (Author), Christina Pagel (Author), Deborah Ridout (Author), Jo Wray (Author), Victor T Tsang (Author), David Anderson (Author), Victoria Banks (Author), David J Barron (Author), Jane Cassidy (Author), Linda Chigaru (Author), Peter Davis (Author), Rodney Franklin (Author), Luca Grieco (Author), Aparna Hoskote (Author), Emma Hudson (Author), Alison Jones (Author), Suzan Kakat (Author), Rhian Lakhani (Author), Monica Lakhanpaul (Author), Andrew McLean (Author), Steve Morris (Author), Veena Rajagopal (Author), Warren Rodrigues (Author), Karen Sheehan (Author), Serban Stoica (Author), Shane Tibby (Author), Martin Utley (Author), Thomas Witter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Over 5000 paediatric cardiac surgeries are performed in the UK each year and early survival has improved to > 98%. Objectives: We aimed to identify the surgical morbidities that present the greatest burden for patients and health services and to develop and pilot routine monitoring an...