Rohit S. Loomba1, Saul Flores2
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.6, pp. 1176-1184, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12837
Abstract Objective: The main goal of this study is to examine the variation in vasoactive agent
prescription patterns across a large cohort of patients. In addition, we sought to determine the association between the number of vasoactive agents used during admissions
and characteristics of admissions utilizing varying numbers of vasoactive agents.
Methods: This was a multi-institutional, cross-sectional study of the pediatric health
information system database of patients who underwent congenital heart surgery
and received vasoactive agents from 2004 to 2015. The international classification
of disease-9 (ICD-9) codes were used to select admissions to those only pertaining
to cardiac patients. The vasoactive… More >
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