This study provides detailed anaesthetic and peripartum management
of women with congenital heart disease, a
patient population in
whom evidence - based practice and data are largely lacking.
Using Veterans Health Administration (VHA) health system electronic medical record data, Veterans Affairs (VA) and National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH) scientists were able to identify very small groups
of individuals within the VHA's
patient population with very high, predicted suicide risk — most
of whom had not been identified for suicide risk by clinicians.