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Cardiothoracic surgery

a consensus grouping of congenital heart operations into six risk categories for comparing in-hospital mortality.

In cardiothoracic surgery, RACHS-1 refers to a consensus grouping of congenital heart operations into six risk categories for comparing in-hospital mortality. This meaning comes from Jenkins (2002) in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.[1]

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References

Jenkins, K. J., Gauvreau, K., Newburger, J. W., Spray, T. L., Moller, J. H., & Iezzoni, L. I. (2002). Consensus-based method for risk adjustment for surgery for congenital heart disease. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 123(1), 110-118. https://doi.org/10.1067/mtc.2002.119064

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