It is what it was

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-229

  Pollack, Murray M ^a  

^a PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac intensive care; congenital heart disease; outcomes; outcomes research; pediatric intensive care; pediatric intensive care unit; quality of care; severity of illness; severity scores

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; STANDARD;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79953092398     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181f2669f     Document Type: Editorial

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