Examining interrater reliability and validity of a paediatric cardiopulmonary physiotherapy discharge tool

Physiotherapy Canada

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-159

  Lati, Jamil ^a   Pellow, Vanessa ^a   Sproule, Jeannine ^a   Brooks, Dina ^b   Ellerton, Cindy ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary physiotherapy; Outcome assessment; Patient discharge; Pediatrics; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899457873     PISSN: 03000508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/ptc.2013-23     Document Type: Article

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