Characteristics associated with pediatric inpatient death.

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Published in Pediatrics on May 10, 2010

Authors

Anthony D Slonim1, Sachin Khandelwal, Jianping He, Matthew Hall, David C Stockwell, Wendy M Turenne, Samir S Shah

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Critical Care Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. aslonim@carilion.com

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