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Transport of critically ill children in a resource-limited setting
Includes bibliographical references.
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Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
2015
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| author | Hatherill, Mark |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10987 Transport of critically ill children in a resource-limited setting Hatherill, Mark Paediatrics Includes bibliographical references. Transportation of critically ill children by inexperienced personnel may be associated with increased risk of transfer-related adverse events and mortality. To audit paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) transfer activity and transfer-related adverse events in a resource-limited setting. Twenty-two bed regional PICU of a university children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Prospective one-year audit of all children transferred directly to PICU from other hospitals. Data were collected for patient demographics and diagnostic category, referring hospital, transferring personnel, mode of transport, and the incidence of technical, clinical, and critical adverse events. Data are median (interquartile range, IQR). The transfers of 202 children, median age 2.8 months (1.1-14), median weight 3.5 kg (2.5-8.1) were analysed. 2015-01-02T09:17:10Z 2015-01-02T09:17:10Z 2001 Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10987 eng application/pdf Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Paediatrics Hatherill, Mark Transport of critically ill children in a resource-limited setting |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Transport of critically ill children in a resource-limited setting |
| title_full | Transport of critically ill children in a resource-limited setting |
| title_fullStr | Transport of critically ill children in a resource-limited setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transport of critically ill children in a resource-limited setting |
| title_short | Transport of critically ill children in a resource-limited setting |
| title_sort | transport of critically ill children in a resource limited setting |
| topic | Paediatrics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10987 |
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