Comorbid illnesses among critically ill hospitalized children: Impact on hospital resource use and mortality, 1997-2006

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 457-463

  Odetola, Folafoluwa O ^a,b   Gebremariam, Achamyeleh ^a   Davis, Matthew M ^a,c,d  

^a Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit   (United States)

^b Pediatric Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMORBIDITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77954645235     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181c514fa     Document Type: Article

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