Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 1996
Pediatric injuries presenting to an emergency department in a developing country.
To describe the causes and outcomes of pediatric injuries using the emergency departments (ED) as a surveillance site. ⋯ Pediatric injuries are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in this country, accounting for almost one third of injured patients. Because of the low frequency of pediatric injury deaths, ED surveillance may be a more effective means of identifying high risk groups and activities for injuries. Data from EDs may be useful in other developing countries to develop injury prevention programs.
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 1996
Comparative StudyPhysician parents and utilization of a pediatric emergency department.
Health care costs might be reduced if patients could be taught to avoid using an emergency department (ED) for nonurgent illness. This study sought to determine whether children with a physician parent, a group whose parents possess special expertise in judging the severity of acute illness, utilize a pediatric ED differently from children with non-physician parents. ⋯ Children with a physician parent were less likely to use a pediatric ED for nonurgent problems compared to other children. However, children with a nurse parent, a group whose parents have more medical education than we can expect the general public to ever attain, had a pattern of pediatric ED utilization that was similar to the control children. These data suggest that improved parental education alone may not decrease ED use for conditions that could be managed in a less costly setting.
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 1996
Factors associated with prolongation of transport times of emergency pediatric patients requiring transfer to a tertiary care center.
The purpose of this study was to determine factors associated with longer times to transport of emergency pediatric patients requiring tertiary care. ⋯ Increased time-to-request for patients with medical diagnoses, increased ground times for younger patients and patients with medical diagnoses, and failure to perform necessary procedures contribute to a prolongation of the time-to-transport of emergency pediatric patients. The magnitude of the impact of these longer transport times on outcome is unknown.