Preventability of Pediatric 30-Day Readmissions following Ventricular Shunt Surgery

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1327-1333.e1

  Tejedor Sojo, Javier ^a,b,c   Singleton, Lori M ^a,c   McCormick, Kelly ^a   Wrubel, David ^a,b   Chern, Joshua J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT READMISSION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 84965083348     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.09.017     Document Type: Article

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