Hospital readmissions for newly discharged pediatric home mechanical ventilation patients

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 409-414

  Kun, Sheila S ^a   Edwards, Jeffrey D ^b   Davidson Ward, Sally L ^a   Keens, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus   (United States)

Author keywords

child; home mechanical ventilation; readmission; tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOME MECHANICAL VENTILATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEITIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATED PATIENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEITIS; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 84859106367     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21536     Document Type: Article

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