Postmortem studies in the contemporary pediatric intensive care unit

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 617-621

  Von Dessauer, Bettina ^a   Velozo, Luis ^b   Benavente, Carmen ^a   Bobenrieth, Fernando ^a   Bongain, Jazmina ^a   Irazuzta, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL ROBERTO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

autopsy; children; pediatric intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GOLDMAN CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 81155135079     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182071266     Document Type: Article

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