Pediatric intermediate care and pediatric intensive care units: PICU metrics and an analysis of patients that use both.

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Published in J Crit Care on May 26, 2017

Authors

Andrew S Geneslaw1, Haomiao Jia2, Adam R Lucas3, Michael S D Agus4, Jeffrey D Edwards5

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, 3959 Broadway, New York, NY 10032, United States. Electronic address: ang2021@nyp.org.
2: School of Nursing, Columbia University, 617 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, United States. Electronic address: hj2198@cumc.columbia.edu.
3: Department of Statistics, University of California, 367 Evans Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States. Electronic address: alucas@berkeley.edu.
4: Division of Medicine Critical Care, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States. Electronic address: michael.agus@childrens.harvard.edu.
5: Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, 3959 Broadway, New York, NY 10032, United States. Electronic address: jde2134@cumc.columbia.edu.

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