Open AccessDedicated pediatric cardiac intensive care unit in a developing country: Does it improve the outcome?
Author(s) -
Rakhi Balachandran,
Suresh Nair,
Sunil S Gopalraj,
Balu Vaidyanathan,
Raman Krishna Kumar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.84648
Subject(s) - medicine , outcome (game theory) , intensive care medicine , pediatric intensive care unit , unit (ring theory) , intensive care unit , coronary care unit , developing country , medical emergency , economic growth , myocardial infarction , mathematics education , mathematics , mathematical economics , economics
Focussed cardiac intensive care is known to produce better outcomes. We have evaluated the benefits of a dedicated Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) in the early postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease.