Chronic conditions among children admitted to U.S. pediatric intensive care units: Their prevalence and impact on risk for mortality and prolonged length of stay

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2196-2203

  Edwards, Jeffrey D ^a   Houtrow, Amy J ^b   Vasilevskis, Eduard E ^c,d   Rehm, Roberta S ^e   Markovitz, Barry P ^f   Graham, Robert J ^g   Adams Dudley, R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; chronic disease; intensive care units; length of stay; mortality; pediatric; risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027924049     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31824e68cf     Document Type: Article

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