Effectiveness of a clinical pathway for the emergency treatment of patients with inborn errors of metabolism

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1191-1195

  Zand, Dina J ^a,b   Brown, Kathleen M ^a,b   Lichter Konecki, Uta ^a,b   Campbell, Joyce K ^b   Salehi, Vesta ^c   Chamberlain, James M ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical pathways; Emergency medical services; Inborn errors of metabolism; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME MANAGEMENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; PROBABILITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58249085591     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0205     Document Type: Article

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