BACKGROUND: Late-onset sepsis (LOS) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The ability to predict mortality in infants with LOS based on clinical and laboratory factors at presentation of…
OBJECTIVE: To describe medication utilization patterns by pediatric inpatients with cancer during their last week of life. METHODS: This retrospective study used data from the Vizient Clinical Database/Resource Manager, a national compilation of…
Importance: Robust quality measures to benchmark end-of-life care for children with cancer do not currently exist; 28 candidate patient-centered quality measures were previously developed. Objective(s): To prioritize quality measures among parents…
