Research as a Standard of Care in the PICU

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages e13-e21

  Zimmerman, Jerry J ^a   Anand, Kanwaljeet J S ^b   Meert, Kathleen L ^f   Willson, Douglas F ^c,d   Newth, Christopher J L ^g   Harrison, Rick ⁱ   Carcillo, Joseph A ^j   Berger, John ^h   Jenkins, Tammara L ^k   Nicholson, Carol ^k   Dean, J Michael ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^f CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^h CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^k EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

clinical research; clinically meaningful outcomes; equipoise; evidence based medicine; iterative methodology; learning healthcare system; research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EQUIPOISE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEARNING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; RESEARCH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PARENTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 84953934955     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000562     Document Type: Article

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