Outcome of children admitted to adult intensive care units in Italy between 2003 and 2007

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1403-1409

  Cogo, Paola E ^a   Poole, Daniele ^b   Codazzi, Daniela ^c   Boniotti, Corinne ^d   Capretta, Anna ^a   Langer, Martin ^e   Luciani, Davide ^f   Rossi, Carlotta ^g   Bertolini, Guido ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d Ospedale dei Bambini   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^g MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child care; Critically ill children; Delivery of health care; Health care surveys; Intensive care units; Outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STATISTICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; ITALY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956179171     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1914-5     Document Type: Article

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