JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 332-334 , June 2007

Genetic Disorders and Congenital Malformations in Pediatric Long-Term Care

  • Meghan O’Malley, MS, CGC

      Affiliations

    • California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • R. Gordon Hutcheon, MD, CMD

      Affiliations

    • Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center, New York, NY
    • New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
    • Department of Pediatrics, Saint Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center, Manhattan, New York, NY.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to R. Gordon Hutcheon, MD, CMD, Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center, 590 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10011.

References 

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  2. Cunniff C, Carmack JL, Kirby RS, Fiser DH. Contribution of heritable disorders to mortality in the pediatric intensive care unit. Pediatrics. 1995;95:678–681
  3. Yoon PW, Olney RS, Khoury MJ, et al. Contribution of birth defects and genetic diseases to pediatric hospitalizations. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997;151:1096–1103
  4. McCandless SE, Brunger JW, Cassidy SB. The burden of genetic disease on inpatient care in a children’s hospital. Am J Hum Genet. 2004;74:121–127

 The authors report no conflicts of interest or grant support for this project.

PII: S1525-8610(07)00172-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.02.008

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 332-334 , June 2007

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