Demographic profile and outcome analysis of a tertiary level pediatric intensive care unit

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 587-591

  Khilnani, Praveen ^a,b   Sarma, Devajit ^a   Singh, Reeta ^a   Uttam, Rajiv ^a   Rajdev, Shiv ^a   Makkar, Archana ^a   Kaur, Jyotinder ^a  

^a INDRAPRASTHA APOLLO HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care; Morbidity; Mortality; Nosocomial infection; Outcome analysis; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 4043159875     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02724117     Document Type: Article

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