Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 283-293 , December 2009

The development of a clinical markers score to predict readmission to paediatric intensive care

  • Sophie Linton

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville 3052, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 3 9345 5211; fax: +61 3 9345 6960.
    • ,
  • Chelsea Grant

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville 3052, Australia
    • ,
  • Juliet Pellegrini

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville 3052, Australia
    • ,
  • Andrew Davidson

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Anaesthesia & Pain Management, Royal Children's Hospital, Clinical Research Development Officer, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Flemington Rd, Parkville 3052, Australia
    • Tel:. +61 3 9345 4901.

,Accepted 29 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.07.003

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 283-293 , December 2009

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