Risk factors for mortality of pediatric patients without underlying diseases

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-37

  Chang, Ling Sai ^a   Kuo, Ho Chang ^a   Wu, Chieh Chiang ^a   Yu, Hong Ren ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Chang, Hsueh Wen ^b,c   Yang, Kuender D ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

mortality; pediatric; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BONE INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOCK; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79952445714     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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