Functional status after pediatric critical care: is it the disease, the cure, or both?

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Critical Care, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado, Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, Aurora, CO.

Editorial

Tellen D Bennett. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 May.

. 2015 May;16(4):377-8.

doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000380.

¹ Pediatric Critical Care, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado, Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, Aurora, CO.

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Comment on

Functional recovery following critical illness in children: the "wee-cover" pilot study.
Choong K, Al-Harbi S, Siu K, Wong K, Cheng J, Baird B, Pogorzelski D, Timmons B, Gorter JW, Thabane L, Khetani M; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Choong K, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015 May;16(4):310-8. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000362. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2015. PMID: 25651047 Free PMC article.

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