After-hours admissions are not associated with increased risk-adjusted mortality in pediatric intensive care

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-151

  Numa, Andrew ^a,b   Williams, Gary ^a,b   Awad, John ^a,b   Duffy, Barry ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intensive care; Length of stay; Mortality; Outcomes; Pediatric; Quality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN;

ADOLESCENT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 38149135042     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0904-8     Document Type: Article

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