Going back for more: An evaluation of clinical outcomes and characteristics of readmissions to a pediatric intensive care unit

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 343-347

  Odetola, Folafoluwa O ^a   Clark, Sarah J ^a   Dechert, Ronald E ^b   Shanley, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Length of stay; Mortality; Patient readmissions; Pediatric intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34447333146     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000269400.67463.AC     Document Type: Article

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