Treatment and triage recommendations for pediatric emergency mass critical care

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Christian, Michael D ^a,b,c   Toltzis, Philip ^d   Kanter, Robert K ^e   Burkle, Frederick M ^f   Vernon, Donald D ^g   Kissoon, Niranjan ^h,i  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^h BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

critical illness; emergency mass critical care; medical surge capacity; pediatric; resource allocation; treatment; triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81155133238     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318234a656     Document Type: Article

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