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Variation in care practices across pediatric acute care cardiology units: Results of the Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative (PAC³ ) hospital survey

Amanda Hoerst¹, Adnan Bakar², Steven C. Cassidy³, Martha Clabby⁴, Erica Del Grippo⁵, Margaret Graupe¹, Ashraf S. Harahsheh⁶, Anthony M. Hlavacek⁷, Stephen A. Hart³, Alaina K. Kipps⁸, Nicolas L. Madsen¹, Dora D. O’Neil⁹, Sonali S. Patel¹⁰, Courtney M. Strohacker¹¹, Ronn E. Tanel¹²

1 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
2 Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New Hyde Park, New York
3 Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
4 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
5 Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
6 Children’s National Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia
7 MUSC Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
8 Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
9 St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
10 Children’s Hospital Colorado, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
11 C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
12 UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, California

* Corresponding Author: Amanda Hoerst, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 11004, Cincinnati, OH 45229. Email: