PICU Admission of Children for Status Epilepticus: Is There a Different Approach Between Referral and Second-Level Hospitals in an Italian Region?

Autor:	Bonardi, Claudia Maria, Nosadini, Margherita, Lorenzoni, Giulia, Tessari, Anna, Santoro, Lorenza, Pettenazzo, Andrea, Gregori, Dario, Sartori, Stefano, Amigoni, Angela
Předmět:	BENZODIAZEPINES PATIENTS SECONDARY care (Medicine) DISEASE duration HOSPITAL admission & discharge DISEASE management STATUS epilepticus RETROSPECTIVE studies TERTIARY care TRANQUILIZING drugs RESPIRATORY diseases DISCHARGE planning DESCRIPTIVE statistics PEDIATRICS INTUBATION DISEASES INTENSIVE care units ANESTHETICS LENGTH of stay in hospitals DATA analysis software MEDICAL referrals ANTICONVULSANTS CHILDREN
Zdroj:	Clinical Pediatrics; Oct2024, Vol. 63 Issue 9, p1379-1386, 8p
Abstrakt:	Appropriate status epilepticus (SE) management is key to minimize admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). We retrospectively describe 115 children admitted to the PICU of the tertiary-care referral hospital of Padova for seizures, SE, and SE-related complications (59% from second-level hospitals, 41% from the referral hospital) and compare SE management among hospitals. Compared with the referral center, in second-level hospitals, anesthetics were more often administered as first/second drug (P <.001), and intubation was more frequent (P <.001). Intubation was significantly associated with SE onset at home (P =.045) and benzodiazepine-associated respiratory depression (P =.044). There was no association between intubation and SE duration, etiology, PICU length of stay, and morbidity at discharge. In conclusion, adherence to treatment protocols on SE management after the first-line drug differs between referral center and second-level hospitals. Lack of association with SE characteristics and patient's outcome suggests PICU admission could be due to inappropriate invasive management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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