The RACHS-1 risk categories reflect mortality and length of hospital stay in a large German pediatric cardiac surgery population.

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Published in Eur J Cardiothorac Surg on July 01, 2004

Authors

D Boethig1, K J Jenkins, H Hecker, W-R Thies, T Breymann

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1: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Hannover Medical University, Hannover, Germany. boethig@thg.mh-hannover.de

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