A 7-year review of deaths on the general paediatric wards at John Hunter Children's Hospital, 1991-97

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 252-255

  Mallinson, J ^a   Jones, P D ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF SUPER ADVANCED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES ASET   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child death; Palliative care; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; REGISTRIES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0034080497     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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