title: Brain injuries and neurological system failure are the most common proximate causes of death in children admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. auak@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Alicia K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Au
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carcillo
authors.forename: Robert S B
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002423:Cause of Death / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult