Comparative assessment of pediatric intensive care in Moscow, the Russian Federation: A prospective, multicenter study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1403-1407

  DiCarlo, Joseph V ^a   Zaitseva, Tatyana A ^b   Khodateleva, Tatyana V ^b   Belayeva, Irina D ^c   Stroganov, Dmitrii A ^d   Korobko, Lev M ^d   Lee, Alexander V ^e   Mescheryakov, Boris ^a   Sullivan, John S ^f   Alies, Vladimir F ^b  

^a Russian and US Offices of Project HOPE   (Russian Federation)

^b Speransky Children's Hospital #9   (Russian Federation)

^c Filatov Children Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^d Morozov Children's Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^e Tushinskaya Children's Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

critical illness; epidemiology; intensive care unit, pediatric; mortality rate; patient outcome assessment; prognosis; quality assurance; quality of health care; Russia; severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; USSR;

EID: 0029829969     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199608000-00021     Document Type: Article

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