• Anaesth Intensive Care · Dec 2007

    Multicenter Study

    Critically ill children in non-paediatric intensive care units: a survey, review and proposal for practice.

    • J D Austin.
    • Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Starship Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
    • Anaesth Intensive Care. 2007 Dec 1;35(6):961-7.

    AbstractDespite strong arguments in favour of centralising care of critically ill children to paediatric intensive care units, around 2000 children per year are cared for in non-paediatric intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand. This paper reports a survey of consultants from 13 such units that admitted over 50 children in 2002 and 2003, to find out what factors affect the decision to keep critically ill children locally or transfer them to a paediatric intensive care unit and what infrastructure existed to support local care of these children. The results of this survey form the basis for a proposal to improve care of critically ill children in the non-paediatric intensive care units. The four key elements of this proposal are: the use of protocols, routine consultation with the regional paediatric intensive care unit, the use of telemedicine, and enhancing skills and experience of local staff Evidence supporting these measures as well as the evidence for centralising care of critically ill children is reviewed.

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