Pediatric hospital adherence to the standard of care for acute gastroenteritis

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Tieder, Joel S ^a,b   Robertson, Andrea ^a,c   Garrison, Michelle M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Seattle Children's ^*  (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Adherence; Dehydration; Diarrhea; Gastroenteritis; Quality improvement; Variability; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ONDANSETRON; PROMETHAZINE;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SAVINGS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71949108392     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0473     Document Type: Article

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