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Significant rise in proportion of chronically ill children dying in intensive care
04-30-2007 · EurekAlert!The proportion of chronically ill young children dying in intensive care after being admitted to other hospital wards has steadily risen year on year since the end of the 1990s, reveals a study in the Journal of Medical Ethics. The researchers analyzed the records of one large children's hospital, to find out where children had died, and of what causes.
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