Use of a Modified Pediatric Early Warning Score in a Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Solevåg, Anne L ^a   Eggen, Elisabeth H ^a   Schröder, Judith ^a   Nakstad, Britt ^a,b  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICINE; MODIFIED PEDIATRIC EARLY WARNING SCORE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN; PEDIATRICS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORWAY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84883107278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072534     Document Type: Review

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