Pediatric severe sepsis in U.S. children's hospitals

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 798-805

  Balamuth, Fran ^a,b   Weiss, Scott L ^a,b   Neuman, Mark I ^c,d   Scott, Halden ^e,f   Brady, Patrick W ^g,h   Paul, Raina ⁱ   Farris, Reid W D ^j,k   McClead, Richard ^l,m   Hayes, Katie ^b   Gaieski, David ^a   Hall, Matt ⁿ   Shah, Samir S ^g,h   Alpern, Elizabeth R ^o,p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^g CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

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

^k SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Critical care; Epidemiology; Pediatrics; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; UNITED STATES; HOSPITAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84928232195     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000225     Document Type: Article

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