Reduction in hospital mortality over time in a hospital without a pediatric medical emergency team: Limitations of before-and-after study designs

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 419-423

  Joffe, Ari R ^a   Anton, Natalie R ^a   Burkholder, Shauna C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79955570796     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.47     Document Type: Note

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