Characteristics of deaths in paediatric intensive care: A 10-year study

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 235-240

  Sands, Rebecca ^a   Manning, Joseph C ^a   Vyas, Harish ^a   Rashid, Asrar ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death; End of life care; Paediatric intensive care; Service evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN DEATH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 79952990621     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2009.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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