Publications by authors named "Margaret A Graupe"
Article Synopsis
- - The study used surveys from the Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative (PAC) to assess changes in therapy availability and practice variations between 2017 and 2019 among 31 centers.
- - Although the overall high acuity therapies (AT) scores remained similar between the two years, more centers began implementing continuous CPAP and BiPAP in 2019 compared to 2017, indicating an increase in available respiratory therapies.
- - Centers with higher surgical volumes had significantly better AT scores, and the findings highlight a need for shared learning among centers to improve pediatric acute cardiac care, with future research planned to determine the impact on care quality and outcomes.
Background: Postoperative length of stay (LOS) is an important quality metric and is known to vary widely across hospitals after congenital heart surgery. Whether this variability is explained by factors associated with the intensive care unit (ICU) or acute care unit (ACU) remains unclear. We evaluated the relationship between ICU and ACU LOS and the impact of ACU characteristics on postoperative LOS.
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