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OHSU Comments on Pediatric Heart Surgery:
Oregon Health & Science University is Oregon’s only academic medical center. OHSU is a respected regional resource because of the knowledge, expertise and leading-edge medical technology that is available at OHSU Hospital, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, and their numerous clinics and specialized centers. Doctors from throughout Oregon refer patients to OHSU when the necessary level of care or expertise is not available closer to home. Because OHSU is one of two designated Level 1 trauma centers in Oregon, OHSU accepts many patients who are critically ill or injured. OHSU only transfers patients who no longer require its unique services and can be tranferred to a hospital that is closer to their homes and can continue their care.
What is pediatric heart surgery?
Pediatric heart surgery includes many different types of surgeries on the hearts of infants and children less than 18 years old. Sometimes doctors perform these surgeries to repair conditions that have existed since birth. These conditions are called congenital birth defects.
OHSU expertise with pediatric heart surgery
Heart surgeons at OHSU are exceptionally skilled and operate on children with very complex heart birth defects. Many of these complex surgeries are available at only a handful of pediatric heart centers in the country. In Oregon, they are only available at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.
OHSU results
Physicians referred more than 170 children to OHSU and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital for pediatric heart surgery in calendar year 2004. When OHSU’s results for these complex patients are compared to other nationally recognized pediatric heart centers that have similar patient populations, OHSU has among the lowest death rates in the United States.
OHSU results compared to other Oregon hospitals
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital is the only hospital in Oregon to perform many of these complex surgeries.
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