Comparison of chronic illness among children receiving mechanical ventilation in a cohort of children's hospitals in 1991 and 2001

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Seferian, Edward G ^a   Lackore, Kandace A ^a   Rahman, Ahmed S ^a   Naessens, James M ^a   Williams, Arthur R ^a  

^a Division of Health Care Policy and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 33751428389     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.08.062     Document Type: Article

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