When should a child be in the hospital?: A. Frederick North, jr, MD, revisited

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 1 I, 1998, Pages 19-24

  Dougherty, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Admission criteria; Alternatives to hospitalization; Appropriateness evaluation; Pediatric hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEGLECT; NURSING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SUICIDE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031984889     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.1.19     Document Type: Article

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