Relationship of illness severity and length of stay to functional outcomes in the pediatric intensive care unit: A multi-institutional study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1173-1179

  Fiser, Debra H ^a   Tilford, John M ^a   Roberson, Paula K ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interrater reliability; Length of stay; Outcome; Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category scale; Pediatric critical care medicine; Pediatric Critical Care Study Group; Pediatric Intensive Care Unit; Pediatric Overall Performance Category scale; Pediatric Risk of Mortality score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0034017511     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200004000-00043     Document Type: Article

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