Pediatric tracheostomies: A recent experience from one academic center

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-100

  Graf, Jeanine M ^a   Montagnino, Barbara A ^b   Hueckel, Remí ^c   McPherson, Mona L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with special health care needs; Hospital resources; Length of stay; Technology dependent child; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 38049148794     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000298641.84257.53     Document Type: Article

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