PMID: 9417145Jan 17, 1998Paper

When should a child be in the hospital? A. Frederick North, Jr, MD, revisited

Pediatrics
G Dougherty

Abstract

My objective was to revisit the issues and approaches raised in a seminal article published in Pediatrics in 1976 by A. Frederick North, Jr, entitled "When Should a Child Be in the Hospital?" Dr North proposed a set of nine criteria to guide the evaluation of appropriateness of admission to hospital. These were based on a core assertion that, "The need to hospitalize a child is dependent on the special services which the child requires rather than upon the diagnosis." This original work antedated more recent activities and publications in the area of appropriateness evaluation as applied to pediatrics (such as the Pediatric Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol), but is more context-specific than later works in the field. A review of the literature concerning temporal trends in hospital use for children in North America was undertaken. This was done to place some of the subsequent observations in a macrocontext of overall trends in hospital use. A review of the English language literature focusing on alternatives to hospitalization and contextual evolution affecting patterns of hospital care for children is presented. Factors influencing each of the nine admission criteria proposed by North are reviewed and discussed in turn. Ove...Continue Reading

Citations

Sep 10, 1999·MCN. the American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing·T H LipmanC J Mastropieri
Dec 31, 2004·The Journal of Trauma·David P Mooney, Peter Forbes
Jun 9, 2012·Medical Principles and Practice : International Journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre·Magdy H ShafikHanan F Al Mutairi
Nov 30, 2006·Research in Nursing & Health·Leigh Small, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk
Oct 17, 2015·Italian Journal of Pediatrics·Riccardo LonghiAlessandra Di Cesare Merlone

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.

Related Papers

Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis
Louis Anthony Tony CoxJeremy J Mathers
Risk Analysis : an Official Publication of the Society for Risk Analysis
H Scott Hurd, Sasidhar Malladi
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved