Pediatric Early Warning Score and unplanned readmission to the pediatric intensive care unit

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1090-1095

  Mandell, Iris M ^a,d   Bynum, Francine ^a,b   Marshall, Lori ^a   Bart, Robert ^a,b,c   Gold, Jeffrey I ^a,b   Rubin, Sarah ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

PEWS; PICU readmission; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC EARLY WARNING SCORE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNPLANNED READMISSION; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84941315164     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.06.019     Document Type: Article

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