Conference
Apparent truth about congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a population-based database is needed to establish benchmarking for clinical outcomes for CDH
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The authors hypothesize that recent single or multiinstitution-based reports of improved survival of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) patients are biased by patient selection, practice, and referral patterns. Here the authors report a population-based analysis of the clinical outcomes of CDH in the province of Ontario for 1996.
METHODS: A retrospective analysis of cross-sectional data from the Bureau of Vital Statistics of …
Authors
Group TOCAS
Volume
39
Pagination
pp. 661-665
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2004
DOI
10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.01.032
Conference proceedings
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Issue
5
ISSN
0022-3468