Patterns of care at end of life in children with advanced heart disease

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 745-748

  Morell, Emily ^a   Wolfe, Joanne ^b   Scheurer, Mark ^c,d   Thiagarajan, Ravi ^c   Morin, Caroline ^c   Beke, Dorothy M ^c   Smoot, Leslie ^c   Cheng, Henry ^c   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^c   Blume, Elizabeth D ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH TUBE; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865589651     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1829     Document Type: Article

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