The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 108-113.e1 , July 2010

Children with Chronic Illness Return to Their Baseline Functional Status after Organ Dysfunction on the First Day of Admission in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

  • Katri V. Typpo, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Nancy J. Petersen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Laura A. Petersen, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • M. Michele Mariscalco, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Received 1 July 2009 ,Revised 29 October 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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 Supported by NIH T32HL007939 (K.T.) and American Thoracic Society Fellow's Career Development Award ATS F-07-014 (K.T.) and the Michael E. DeBakey VAMC Health Services Research Center of Excellence grant (HFP 90-020). The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)01258-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.12.029

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 108-113.e1 , July 2010

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