Worldwide demand for congenital heart surgery programs and surgeons

Worldwide demand for congenital heart surgery programs and surgeons

Results Worldwide, 3,054 surgeons self-describe as qualified to perform pediatric cardiac surgery on CTSnet. Extrapolating from North American surveys, it is likely that only 35% of them are trained to treat complex forms of CHD. Ideal Surgical-CHD-Incidence/Surgeon ratio was set at 140 (highest ratio with documented coverage of all surgical CHD). Accordingly, countries were ranked into 3 group...

Projections of Demand for Cardiovascular Surgery and Supply of Surgeons

BACKGROUND While demand for cardiovascular surgery is expected to increase gradually along with the rapid increase in cardiovascular diseases with respect to the aging population, the supply of thoracic and cardiovascular surgeons has been continuously decreasing over the past 10 years. Consequently, this study aims to achieve guidance in establishing health care policy by analyzing the supply ...

Survey of congenital heart surgeons' preferences for antimicrobial prophylaxis for pediatric cardiac surgery patients.

Postoperative Infection in Developing World Congenital Heart Surgery Programs

Congenital heart defects are a growing public health concern worldwide. As the world population continues to rise, surpassing 7 billion, so does the need for pediatric congenital heart surgery centers across the globe. Newly emerging centers in developing countries face a unique predicament; they encounter large numbers of uncorrected congenital heart disease in children alongside significant l...

Worldwide Recall Rate in Newborn Screening Programs for Congenital Hypothyroidism

Context Neonatal mass screening program for congenital hypothyroidism provides the best tool for prevention of its devastating effects on mental development. Despite the overall success of the screening programs in detecting congenital hypothyroidism and eliminating its sequelae and new developments made in the program design, high recall rate and false positive results impose a great challenge...