Pediatric intensive care in South Africa: An account of making optimum use of limited resources at the red cross war memorial Children's Hospital

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-14

  Argent, Andrew C ^a,b   Ahrens, Johann ^a,b   Morrow, Brenda M ^a,b   Reynolds, Louis G ^a,b,c   Hatherill, Mark ^a,b   Salie, Shamiel ^a,b   Benatar, Solomon R ^c  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Critical care; Developing country; Elective surgery; Emergency care; Ethics; Pediatrics; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA;

HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84892693770     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000029     Document Type: Article

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