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Quality care in pediatric trauma

Infrastructure, processes of care and outcome measurements are the cornerstone of quality care for pediatric trauma. This review aims to evaluate current evidence on system organization and concentration of pediatric expertise in the delivery of pediatric trauma care. It discusses key quality indica...

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Autores principales: Simpson, Amelia J, Rivara, Frederick P, Pham, Tam N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3500007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23181209
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5151.100893
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description Infrastructure, processes of care and outcome measurements are the cornerstone of quality care for pediatric trauma. This review aims to evaluate current evidence on system organization and concentration of pediatric expertise in the delivery of pediatric trauma care. It discusses key quality indicators for all phases of care, from pre-hospital to post-discharge recovery. In particular, it highlights the importance of measuring quality of life and psychosocial recovery for the injured child.
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spelling pubmed-35000072012-11-23 Quality care in pediatric trauma Simpson, Amelia J Rivara, Frederick P Pham, Tam N Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci Symposium on Pediatric Trauma Infrastructure, processes of care and outcome measurements are the cornerstone of quality care for pediatric trauma. This review aims to evaluate current evidence on system organization and concentration of pediatric expertise in the delivery of pediatric trauma care. It discusses key quality indicators for all phases of care, from pre-hospital to post-discharge recovery. In particular, it highlights the importance of measuring quality of life and psychosocial recovery for the injured child. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3500007/ /pubmed/23181209 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5151.100893 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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