The Journal of pediatrics
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The Journal of pediatrics · Aug 2011
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyRacial and ethnic disparities in post-operative mortality following congenital heart surgery.
This study assessed racial/ethnic disparities in post-operative mortality after surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) and explored whether disparities persist after adjusting for access to care. ⋯ There are notable racial/ethnic disparities in post-operative mortality after CHD surgery that do not appear to be explained by differences in access to care.
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The Journal of pediatrics · Aug 2011
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyWhom are we comforting? An analysis of comfort medications delivered to dying neonates.
To clarify the use of end-of-life comfort medications or neuromuscular blockers (NMBs) in culturally different neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). ⋯ Comfort medications were administered to almost all dying infants in each NICU. Some, but not all, centers were comfortable increasing these medications around or after extubation. In three centers, NMBs were at times present at the time of death. However, only in Holland were NMBs initiated after extubation.