Characteristics and outcome of children admitted to adult intensive care units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (1996-2011)

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2020-2027

  Ramnarayan, Padmanabhan ^a   Patel, Krishna ^b   Pappachan, John ^c   Purday, Jonathan ^d   Davis, Peter ^e   Harrison, David ^b   Rowan, Kathy ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult intensive care; Centralisation; Critical care organisation; Epidemiology; Paediatric intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPILEPTIC STATE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; WALES;

EID: 84885424839     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3010-0     Document Type: Article

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