Dedicated pediatric cardiac intensive care unit in a developing country: Does it improve the outcome?

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Published in Ann Pediatr Cardiol on July 01, 2011

Authors

Rakhi Balachandran1, Suresh G Nair, Sunil S Gopalraj, Balu Vaidyanathan, R Krishna Kumar

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anesthesia, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Kochi, Kerala, India.

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