What role does body mass index play in hospital admission rates from the Pediatric Emergency Department?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 974-978

  Wyrick, Sara ^a   Hester, Casey ^a   Sparkman, Amy ^a   O'Neill, Kathleen M ^b   Dupuis, Greg ^a   Anderson, Michael ^a   Cordell, Jared ^a   Bogie, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission rate; Obesity; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; UNDERWEIGHT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OKLAHOMA; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; THINNESS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84885377270     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182a21a23     Document Type: Article

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