Personnel and unit factors impacting outcome after cardiac arrest in a dedicated pediatric cardiac intensive care unit

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-588

  Gaies, Michael G ^a   Clarke, Nicholas S ^c   Donohue, Janet E ^a   Gurney, James G ^a   Charpie, John R ^a   Hirsch, Jennifer C ^b  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; cardiac surgery; congenital heart disease; intensive cardiac care unit; systems of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY CARE UNITS; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866381309     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318238b272     Document Type: Article

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