Long-stay children in intensive care: Long-term functional outcome and quality of life from a 20-yr institutional study

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 520-528

  Namachivayam, Poongundran ^a   Taylor, Anna ^a   Montague, Terence ^b   Moran, Karen ^a   Barrie, Joanne ^a   Delzoppo, Carmel ^a   Butt, Warwick ^a,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

children; long stay; outcome; pediatric intensive care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AUSTRALIA; BED OCCUPANCY; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866431698     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31824fb989     Document Type: Article

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