Frequency of variable measurement in 16 pediatric intensive care units: Influence on accuracy and potential for bias in severity of illness assessment

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 74-77

  Pollack, Murray M ^a   Patel, Kantilal M ^a   Ruttimann, Urs ^a   Cuerdon, Timothy ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice patterns; Intensive care units, pediatric; Patient outcome assessment; Pediatrics; Quality assessment, health care; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029985816     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199601000-00013     Document Type: Article

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