Differences in Utilisation of the General and Paediatric Emergency Departments by Paediatric Patients
| Autor: | Shu Ling Chong, Gene Yong-Kwang Ong, Jacqueline C L Tan, Peck Har Ang, Nur Diana Zakaria, Jen Heng Pek, Khai Pin Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Medical record MEDLINE 030208 emergency & critical care medicine General Medicine medicine.disease Disease cluster 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Bronchiolitis 030225 pediatrics Preparedness Emergency medicine medicine Bronchitis business Asthma Paediatric patients |
| Zdroj: | Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 49:948-954 |
| ISSN: | 0304-4602 |
| DOI: | 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2020327 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Paediatric patients presenting to the general emergency departments (EDs) differ from those presenting to paediatric EDs. General EDs vary in preparedness to manage paediatric patients, which may affect delivery of emergency care with varying clinical outcomes. We aimed to elucidate the differences in utilisation patterns of paediatric and general EDs by paediatric patients. Methods: This study was conducted in a public healthcare cluster in Singapore consisting of 4 hospitals. A retrospective review of the medical records of paediatric patients, defined as age younger than 16 years old, who attended the EDs from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2018, was performed. Data were collected using a standardised form and analysed. Results: Of the 704,582 attendances, 686,546 (97.4%) were seen at the paediatric ED. General EDs saw greater number of paediatric patients in the emergent (P1) category (921 [5.1%] versus 14,829 [2.2%]; P |
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