Day hospital versus inpatient management of uncomplicated vaso-occlusive crises in children with sickle cell disease

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 398-401

  Raphael, Jean L ^a,c   Kamdar, Aditi ^b   Wang, Tao ^a   Liu, Hao ^a   Mahoney, Donald H ^a   Mueller, Brigitta U ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatrics; Quality improvement; Sickle cell disease; Vaso occlusive crisis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 48249098255     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21537     Document Type: Article

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