Pediatric Intensive Care in PICUs and Adult ICUs: A 2-Year Cohort Study in Finland

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e43-e49

  Peltoniemi, Outi M ^a,b   Rautiainen, Paula ^c   Kataja, Janne ^d   Ala Kokko, Tero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

mechanical ventilation; mortality; outcome; pediatric intensive care; pediatrics; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84956952744     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000587     Document Type: Article

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