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Development and Implementation of a Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia/Intensive Care Database

Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, alexander.mittnacht{at}msnyuhealth.org

David B. Wax, MD

Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Shubikha Srivastava, MD

Division of Pediatric Cardiology The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York

Khanh Nguyen, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Umesh Joashi, MBBS

Division of Pediatric Cardiology The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York

Systematic collection and electronic storage of data can assist in improving quality and efficiency of patient care and can provide a data set to interrogate for subsequent performance improvement and clinical research purposes. In this article, an electronic perioperative pediatric cardiac surgery database to be used by a multidisciplinary care team was designed, developed, and implemented. Technical goals for the design included low cost, rapid development and implementation, adequate security, and potential for internal and external distribution. Implementation of the described database has proved to be invaluable for quality assurance and statistical analysis of data relevant to patient care. From the overall positive experience, it was concluded that the electronic data management does not always need major cost investment.

Key Words: database • electronic record keeping • pediatric • anesthesia • intensive care unit • congenital heart surgery

This version was published on March 1, 2008

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Vol. 12, No. 1, 12-17 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1089253208316445


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