TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in the Profile of Paediatric Intensive Care Associated with Centralisation
AU - Pearson, Gale
PY - 2001/10/1
Y1 - 2001/10/1
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To compare intensive care admissions from a defined population of children in 1991 and 1999, during a period of organisational change and centralisation of paediatric intensive care. DESIGN: Two 12-month population-based audits were compared. Data were collected from hospitals in Birmingham and the surrounding districts. Denominator data were obtained from the Office for National Statistics. The place and rate of intensive care admission, the use of mechanical ventilation at admission, mortality and length of stay were compared. SETTING: Hospitals in the West Midlands. PARTICIPANTS: All children (
AB - OBJECTIVES: To compare intensive care admissions from a defined population of children in 1991 and 1999, during a period of organisational change and centralisation of paediatric intensive care. DESIGN: Two 12-month population-based audits were compared. Data were collected from hospitals in Birmingham and the surrounding districts. Denominator data were obtained from the Office for National Statistics. The place and rate of intensive care admission, the use of mechanical ventilation at admission, mortality and length of stay were compared. SETTING: Hospitals in the West Midlands. PARTICIPANTS: All children (
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U2 - 10.1007/s001340101072
DO - 10.1007/s001340101072
M3 - Article
C2 - 11685311
SN - 1432-1238
VL - 27
SP - 1670
EP - 1673
JO - Intensive Care Medicine
JF - Intensive Care Medicine
IS - 10
ER -