Cholangitis in children with biliary atresia: Health-care resource utilisation

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 196-201

  Lee, Jie Ying ^a   Lim, Leon Tak Keet ^a   Quak, Seng Hock ^b   Prabhakaran, Krishnan ^b   Aw, Marion ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

biliary atresia; cholangitis; paediatrics; resource utilisation

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BILIARY ATRESIA; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFANT; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SINGAPORE; UTILIZATION;

BILIARY ATRESIA; CHOLANGITIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84898600969     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12463     Document Type: Article

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