Mortality in Spanish pediatric emergency departments: a 5-year multicenter survey
| Autor: | Javier Benito, Mikel Olabarri, Edurne Lopez, June Udaondo, Lorea Martinez-Indart, Santiago Mintegi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Emergency Medical Services medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics medicine.medical_treatment Poison control 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Risk Assessment 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cause of Death 030225 pediatrics Injury prevention medicine Emergency medical services Humans Hospital Mortality Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Retrospective Studies Cause of death business.industry Mortality rate Infant Retrospective cohort study Sudden infant death syndrome Hospitals Pediatric Cross-Sectional Studies Spain Child Preschool Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Female Emergency Service Hospital business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 24:392-397 |
| ISSN: | 0969-9546 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/mej.0000000000000365 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Analysis of the causes of death in children in the pediatric emergency department (ED) may aid the development of management and prevention practices. OBJECTIVE: To identify the causes of death in Spanish pediatric EDs and to analyze the management of these children in the prehospital and hospital settings. METHODS: This was a retrospective descriptive multicenter survey including all patients whose death was certified in 18 Spanish pediatric EDs between 2008 and 2013. RESULTS: During the study period, 3 542 426 episodes were registered in the EDs. Of these, 54 patients died (mortality rate: 1.5/100 000 visits). Data of 53 patients are analyzed (male 36, 67%, 31 younger than 2 years old and 43.3% nonpreviously healthy children). The main causes of death were related to their previous illnesses (24.5%), sudden infant death syndrome (20.7%), and traumatism (18.8%).Prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was performed in 31 patients, and exclusively by health workers in 19 patients. In 35 patients, the parents witnessed the event and seven began CPR.Thirty children were transferred to the pediatric EDs by medical transport (56.6%) and all of them received prehospital CPR (vs. one patient out of 23 arrived in a nonmedical transportation).In 37 patients, CPR was performed in the pediatric EDs. Overall, CPR lasted 40±23 min (range, 10-120 min). CPR was not performed in seven patients at any time. CONCLUSION: The main causes of death in Spanish pediatric EDs are related to previous illnesses, sudden infant death syndrome, and nonintentional lesions. Several actions have to be considered to improve the quality of care of these children in prehospital and emergency settings. Language: en |
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