Paediatric admission to a district general hospital intensive care unit
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Paediatric admissions to the general intensive care unit at palmerston north hospital.
OBJECTIVES To report Palmerston North Hospital's (PNH) recent experiences with paediatric admissions to the general Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and to identify any aspects relevant to regionalisation of paediatric intensive care. METHODS Retrospective review of the ICU database and admission register to enable clinical and demographic profiling of all paediatric (aged < 15 years) admissions to...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Anesthesia
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1155-5645,1460-9592
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1995.tb00278.x