Standardized definitions of gastrointestinal complications in congenital heart surgery will facilitate quality improvement initiatives and cross-database comparisons.
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Standardized GI complication definitions enable consistent quality tracking in congenital heart surgery; extends multi-database comparability for future research.
Ghanayem et al. (2008) conducted a review in Congenital cardiac disease. Congenital cardiac surgery and transcatheter interventions was evaluated on Gastrointestinal complications. The Multi-Societal Database Committee established standardized definitions for gastrointestinal complications associated with congenital cardiac surgery to facilitate uniform reporting and quality improvement.
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