Predictors of clinical outcomes and hospital resource use of children after tracheotomy

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 563-572

  Berry, Jay G ^a   Graham, Dionne A ^a   Graham, Robert J ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Putney, Heather L ^b   O'Brien, Jane E ^a,c   Roberson, David W ^a   Goldmann, Don A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Institute for Community Inclusion   (United States)

^c FRANCISCAN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health services; Hospitalization; Mortality; Outcomes; Tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LUNG MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENT READMISSION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEOTOMY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 67749094890     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3491     Document Type: Article

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