Patient safety factors in children dying in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU): A case notes review study

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 863-868

  Monroe, Kim ^a   Wang, Deli ^a   Vincent, Charles ^b   Woloshynowych, Maria ^b   Neale, Graham ^b   Inwald, David P ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80053280636     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.048504     Document Type: Article

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