Risk of death for children with Down syndrome and sepsis

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 748-752

  Garrison, Michelle M ^a   Jeffries, Howard ^b   Christakis, Dimitri A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28844476656     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.06.032     Document Type: Article

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