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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-7-14
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| pubmed:abstractText |
To determine when a pediatric critical care transport team is required to transport a patient to a referral center, this cross-sectional study evaluated 369 consecutive pediatric transports by stepwise multiple logistic regression analysis of six variables: age, vital signs, seizure activity, current endotracheal intubation, respiratory distress, and respiratory diagnosis. Models were developed for three outcome variables: 1) Major procedures were required in 8.9% of cases. The predicted probability of needing a major procedure was increased for intubated patients (probability of 12.9%), patients less than 1 year of age with unstable vital signs (12.9%), and patients meeting both these criteria (23.2%). 2) A posttransport assessment of need for a physician on the team was positive in 43% of cases. The probability of needing a physician was increased for intubated patients (probability of 68.8%), patients less than 1 year of age with unstable vital signs (58.7%), and patients meeting both these criteria (79.9%). 3) Category 1 drugs, ie, medications requiring ICU monitoring, were used in 19% of transports. The probability of this occurring was increased for intubated patients with stable vital signs (probability of 24.7%) and for intubated patients with unstable vital signs (41.4%). None of the other pretransport variables, alone or in pairs, was a significant predictor of any of the three outcome variables. The data indicate that intubation, age, and vital sign status can be used in predicting whether a transport team is needed.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Feb
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| pubmed:issn |
0749-5161
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
8
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
1-3
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Critical Care,
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Cross-Sectional Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Intubation, Intratracheal,
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Patient Care Team,
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Physicians,
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Regression Analysis,
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Respiratory Insufficiency,
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Seizures,
pubmed-meshheading:1603682-Transportation of Patients
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| pubmed:year |
1992
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Variables predicting the need for a pediatric critical care transport team.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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