Development of a score to predict clinical deterioration in hospitalized children

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 345-349

  Bonafide, Christopher P ^a,b   Holmes, John H ^b   Nadkarni, Vinay M ^a   Lin, Richard ^a   Landis, J Richard ^b   Keren, Ron ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DETERIORATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC DISORDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEOPLASM; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859442907     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.971     Document Type: Article

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