Pediatric critical care training programs have a positive effect on pediatric intensive care mortality

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1637-1642

  Pollack, Murray M ^a,b   Patel, Kantilal M ^a,b   Ruttimann, Urs E ^a,c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Fellowship; Intensive care; Medical training programs; Pediatric intensive care; Pediatrics; PRISM; Quality of care; Severity of Illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PEDIATRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030769072     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199710000-00011     Document Type: Article

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