Archivos argentinos de pediatría
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Arch Argent Pediatr · Jun 2009
Comparative Study[Neonatal cardiac surgery: assessment and comparison of surgical results using the RACHS-1 risk adjustment method].
The RACHS-1 method (Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery) is widely used to predict mortality and risk adjustment in pediatric cardiovascular surgery and constitutes a valid tool to compare results among different health centers. ⋯ The age of surgery was not an independent risk factor as to mortality. The RACHS-1 method appeared as a powerful risk factor predictor of mortality; no differences were found in the age groups when classified by RACHS -1.