Does the RACHS-1 method allow meaningful comparisons of in-hospital mortality in children undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease?
The RACHS-1 method provides a consensus-based approach to adjust for baseline risk differences in pediatric congenital heart surgery, enabling meaningful comparisons of in-hospital mortality.
The RACHS-1 method should adjust for baseline risk differences and allow meaningful comparisons of in-hospital mortality for groups of children undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease.
Jenkins et al. (Tue,) studied this question.