Why do pediatric intensive care units improve over time?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2261-2262

  Frey, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Length of stay; mortality prediction models; nighttime; pediatric; staffing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD CARE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SHIFT WORKER; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84862884817     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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