Association Between Implementation of a Cardiovascular Step-Down Unit and Process-of-Care Outcomes in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease

Abstract

Changes associated with a new CVSDU were associated with decreased LOS and lower rates of rapid response and code blue events for patients with congenital heart disease.

Defining pediatric inpatient cardiology care delivery models: A survey of pediatric cardiology programs in the USA and Canada

“…An infant with 10 Similarly, the creation of dedicated pediatric cancer treatment centers lead to improved survival rates in children and adolescents with malignancies. An infant with 10 Similarly, the creation of dedicated pediatric cancer treatment centers lead to improved survival rates in children and adolescents with malignancies.…”

“…A scenario was used to define the mode(s) of communication used to transition care to the referring cardiologist/pediatrician. An infant with 10 Similarly, the creation of dedicated pediatric cancer treatment centers lead to improved survival rates in children and adolescents with malignancies. 13,14 In the current era, delivering care that is safe and efficient is very important, hospital costs also decreased.…”

“…1 In the current era, most children with congenital heart disease survive to adulthood. 10 The design of such in-hospital medical services for noncritical cardiology inpatients, however, is largely undefined. 3 In the United States and Canada, there are approximately 123 identified pediatric cardiology programs that provide care to these patients.…”

“…9 A recent report from a single center demonstrated favorable process-of-care outcomes with the implementations of a dedicated noncritical cardiac unit (a.k.a., step-down unit) for congenital heart disease patients. 10 The design of such in-hospital medical services for noncritical cardiology inpatients, however, is largely undefined.…”

Relationship between TBX20 gene polymorphism and congenital heart disease

“…Each year approximately 200,000 to 250,000 children are born in China with this condition (Beltrão et al, 2015), endangering the lives and well-being of children as well as imposing enormous economic and emotional pressures on the families and society (Karpawich, 2015). Therefore, identifying the underlying molecular mechanism is essential for proper diagnosis and treatment and favorable prognosis of CHD (Zipkin et al, 2015).…”