Journal of paediatrics and child health
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J Paediatr Child Health
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J Paediatr Child Health · Jul 2020
Factors associated with discharge delay and direct discharge home from paediatric intensive care.
To examine the patient and hospital admission characteristics associated with direct discharge home from paediatric intensive care. ⋯ The high observed rate of direct discharge home is likely to have resulted from increased delays to discharge and changes to patient admission characteristics, attributable to organisational restructuring and possibly changing approaches to clinical management of bronchiolitis. It is imperative to now consider how we ensure that our systems support the proper use of intensive care resources.