Surgery and neurodevelopmental impairment: need for time-dependent covariates to correct for confounding by indication

JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Dec;168(12):1168-9. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1781.

Authors

Dany E Weisz¹, Lucia Mirea², Prakesh S Shah³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Newborn and Developmental Pediatrics, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 25436849
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.1781

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Developmental Disabilities / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn, Diseases / surgery*
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight*
Male
Nervous System Diseases / epidemiology*