Out of Africa-A mother's journey

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-79

  Kissoon, Niranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; critical illness; developing world; intensive care; least developed countries; outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOXEMIA; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTENSIVE CARE; KENYA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHER; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SABBATICAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751667561     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181ce74ef     Document Type: Article

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