Functional outcome of children treated in intensive care unit

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-236

  Mestrovic, Julije ^a,b   Polic, Branka ^b   Mestrovic, Marija ^b   Kardum, Goran ^a   Marusic, Eugenija ^b   Sustic, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Child; Chronic disease; Critical care; Health care quality; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC OVERALL PERFORMANCE CATEGORY SCALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 45249121548     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1779     Document Type: Article

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