Systematic review of paediatric alert criteria for identifying hospitalised children at risk of critical deterioration

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 600-611

  Chapman, Susan M ^a,c   Grocott, Michael P W ^a,b   Franck, Linda S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular monitoring; Critical care organisation; Paediatrics; Severity of disease scoring systems

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CRITICAL CARE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77951208073     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-009-1715-x     Document Type: Review

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