Pediatric intensive care unit mortality and the oncology patient: Has survival really changed?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 610-611

  Keenan, Heather T ^a   Bratton, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Mechanical ventilation; Oncology; Pediatric; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS;

EID: 24944442645     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000165559.03527.73     Document Type: Editorial

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