Effect of specialist retrieval teams on outcomes in children admitted to paediatric intensive care units in England and Wales: A retrospective cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9742, 2010, Pages 698-704

  Ramnarayan, Padmanabhan ^a   Thiru, Krish ^b,c   Parslow, Roger C ^c   Harrison, David A ^d   Draper, Elizabeth S ^c,e   Rowan, Kathy M ^d  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALES;

EID: 77956265019     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61113-0     Document Type: Article

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