Outcome of critically ill children before and after the establishment of a pediatric retrieval service as a component of a national strategy for pediatric intensive care*

Michelle C. White; Patricia M. Weir; Lynn Garland; Susan Edees; A. John Henderson

doi:10.1097/00130478-200207000-00010

July 1, 2002Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Outcome of critically ill children before and after the establishment of a pediatric retrieval service as a component of a national strategy for pediatric intensive care*

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Why the study?

Does a dedicated pediatric intensive care transfer service improve survival in critically ill children compared to nonspecialist retrieval?

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Does a dedicated pediatric intensive care transfer service improve survival in critically ill children compared to nonspecialist retrieval?

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Population

284 critically ill children (<16 yrs old) transferred from a district general hospital to a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit

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Intervention

Transfer by a dedicated pediatric intensive care transfer service (specialist retrieval)

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Comparator

Transfer before the establishment of the dedicated service (nonspecialist retrieval)

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Outcome

Survival to hospital discharge (analyzed via standardized mortality rate)hard clinical

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Implication

The establishment of a regional pediatric transfer service coincided with improved survival, but this reflected general improvements in intensive care rather than a specific benefit of the specialist team.

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White et al. (2002) studied this question.

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