Children with Down syndrome: Clinical course and mortality-associated factors in a French medical paediatric intensive care unit

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 595-599

  Joffre, Christelle ^a   Lesage, Fabrice ^b   Bustarret, Olivier ^b   Hubert, Philippe ^b   Oualha, Mehdi ^b  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

critically ill children; Down syndrome; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84976520457     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.13214     Document Type: Article

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