Mortality and functional morbidity after use of PALS/APLS by community physicians

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 500-508

  Carcillo, Joseph A ^a   Kuch, Bradley A ^a   Han, Yong Y ^b   Day, Susan ^c   Greenwald, Bruce M ^d   McCloskey, Karen A ^e   Pearson Shaver, Anthony L ^e   Orr, Richard A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary refill time; Emergency medical services for children; Hypotension; PALS APLS; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOCK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SHOCK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749089171     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1967     Document Type: Article

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