Quantifying high dependency care: A prospective cohort study in Yorkshire (UK)

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-85

  Rushforth, Kay ^a   Darowski, Mark ^a   McKinney, Patricia A ^b  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; High dependency care; Long term domiciliary ventilation; Measurement tool; Paediatric intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIARRHEA; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH DEPENDENCY CARE; HIGH DEPENDENCY CARE MEASUREMENT TOOL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84857050901     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1475-9     Document Type: Article

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