Epidemiology of death in the PICU at Five U.S. teaching hospitals

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2101-2108

  Burns, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Sellers, Deborah E ^c   Meyer, Elaine C ^a,b   Lewis Newby, Mithya ^d,e   Truog, Robert D ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research College of Human Ecology Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brain death; death and dying; do not resuscitate; endof life care; pediatric; pediatric intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84906791212     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000498     Document Type: Article

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