Paediatric high-dependency care

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-201

  Crawford, Nigel ^a   Powell, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care; Intermediate care; Paediatric high dependency units

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STAFF; PEDIATRICIAN; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3042759859     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cupe.2004.02.013     Document Type: Article

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