Defining criteria and resource use for high dependency care in children: An observational economic study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 652-658

  Morris, Kevin P ^a   Oppong, Raymond ^b   Holdback, Nicola ^a   Coast, Joanna ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALTEPLASE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN; STREPTOKINASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; APNEA; ARTERIAL LINE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PACING; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH DEPENDENCY CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN INFUSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LIVER SUPPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; NASOPHARYNX AIRWAY; NEBULIZATION; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC WARD; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VENTRICULOSTOMY CATHETER; FUNDING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN; UNITED KINGDOM;

COSTING; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; NURSING CARE;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84902382535     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305133     Document Type: Article

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