Common diagnoses among pediatric attendances at emergency departments
| Autor: | Yong-Kwang Gene Ong, Jen Heng Pek, Shuen Yin Celine Yoong, Khai Pin Lee, Shu-Ling Chong, Peck Har Ang, Nur Diana Bte Zakaria |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Emergency Medical Services
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| Zdroj: | BMC Pediatrics BMC Pediatrics, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2431 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12887-021-02646-8 |
| Popis: | BackgroundPediatric patients present to Emergency Departments (EDs) with a variety of medical conditions. An appreciation of the common presenting conditions can aid EDs in the provision of pediatric emergency care. In this study, we established the common pediatric diagnoses seen at the general EDs, with reference to a pediatric ED.MethodsA retrospective review of medical records was performed for patients less than 16 years old at a pediatric ED and two general EDs from 1 January to 31 December 2018. Information including patient demographics, triage category, case type and diagnoses were collected.ResultsThere were 159,040 pediatric attendances, of which 3477 (2.2%) were seen at the general EDs. Non-traumatic conditions were most prevalent at both general (N = 1933, 55.6%) and pediatric (N = 128,415, 82.5%) EDs. There was a higher proportion of trauma related conditions seen at the general EDs (N = 1544, 44.4%) compared to the pediatric ED (N = 27,148, 17.5%;p N = 233, 6.7%) than the pediatric ED (N = 3821, 2.5%;p ConclusionsThe common diagnoses among pediatric attendances varied between pediatric and general EDs. Therefore, general EDs should focus their efforts on these common diagnoses, especially the emergent (P1) ones, so that they can enhance their preparedness and work towards providing quality pediatric emergency care. |
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