Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in children

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-185

  Tantaleán, José A ^a,b   León, Rosa J ^a   Santos, Alejandro A ^a   Sánchez, Eduardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL FEDERICO VILLARREAL   (Peru)

Author keywords

Critical care; Mortality; Multiple organ dysfunction; Pediatrics; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERU; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERU; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038148121     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000059421.13161.88     Document Type: Article

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