Improving care for children with sickle cell disease/acute chest syndrome

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Crabtree, Elizabeth A ^a   Mariscalco, M Michele ^a,b   Hesselgrave, Joy ^a   Iniguez, Suzanne F ^a   Hilliard, Tanya J ^a   Katkin, Julie P ^a,b   McCarthy, Kathy ^a   Velasquez, Mireya Paulina ^b   Airewele, Gladstone ^a   Hockenberry, Marilyn J ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; Guideline development; Implementation; Quality improvement; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPIROMETRY;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79551533186     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3099     Document Type: Article

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