Severity of injury and mortality associated with pediatric blunt injuries: Hospitals with pediatric intensive care units versus other hospitals

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-9

  Farrell, Louise Szypulski ^a   Hannan, Edward L ^a   Cooper, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital mortality; Outcome assessment; Pediatric; Pediatric intensive care unit; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 2142708193     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000102223.77194.D7     Document Type: Article

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