Do paediatric high dependency units in district general hospitals improve patient care? A local review of children presenting with seizures

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 582-

  Behjati, Sam ^a   Jamieson, Katharine ^a   Montgomery, Mary ^b,c   Patel, Neeta ^a   Jaswon, Mervyn ^a  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Children's Acute Transport Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LETTER; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 84861482805     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.206201     Document Type: Letter

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