Characteristics of deaths occurring in children's hospitals: Implications for supportive care services

Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 887-893

  Feudtner, Chris ^a,b,c,d   Christakis, Dimitri A ^a,b,c,d   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^a,b,c,d   Muldoon, John H ^a,b,c,d   Neff, John M ^a,b,c,d   Koepsell, Thomas D ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Hospice care; Hospitalization; Mortality; Palliative care; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DYING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; METABOLIC DISORDER; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0036246418     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.5.887     Document Type: Article

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