Randomized controlled trials in pediatric critical care: A scoping review

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Duffett, Mark ^a   Choong, Karen ^a   Hartling, Lisa ^b   Menon, Kusum ^c   Thabane, Lehana ^d   Cook, Deborah J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION; PEDIATRICS;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84886376463     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13083     Document Type: Article

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