Multi-modal intervention and prospective implementation of standardized sickle cell pain admission orders reduces 30-day readmission rate

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-405

  Frei Jones, Melissa J ^a   Field, Joshua J ^a   DeBaun, Michael R ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Campus Box 8116 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Readmission rate; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROMORPHONE; HYDROXYUREA; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEDATION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL BETA THALASSEMIA; STANDARD; STROKE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 67651227634     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22048     Document Type: Article

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