Characteristics of Medically Transported Critically Ill Children with Respiratory Failure in Latin America: Implications for Outcomes
Journal
Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care
ISSN
2146-4618
2146-4626
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Jesus A. Serra
Pablo Cruces
Maria J. Nuñez
A. Donoso
J.A. Bravo-Serrano
M. Carbonell
C. Courtie
A. Fernández
L. Martínez-Arroyo
J. Martínez
S. Menta
Luis Pedrozo-Ortiz
A. Wegner
Nicolas Monteverde-Fernández
Juan C. Jaramillo-Bustamante
Roberto Jabornisky
Sebastián González-Dambrauskas
Sapna R. Kudchadkar
Pablo Vásquez-Hoyos
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
URL Institutional Repository
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Several challenges exist for referral and transport of critically ill children in resource-limited regions such as Latin America; however, little is known about factors associated with clinical outcomes. Thus, we aimed to describe the characteristics of critically ill children in Latin America transferred to pediatric intensive care units for acute respiratory failure to identify risk factors for mortality. We analyzed data from 2,692 patients admitted to 28 centers in the Pediatric Collaborative Network of Latin America Acute Respiratory Failure Registry. Among patients referred from another facility (773, 28%), nonurban transports were independently associated with mortality (adjusted odds ratio = 9.4; 95% confidence interval: 2.4–36.3).</jats:p>
Cite this document
Serra, J. A., Díaz, F., Cruces, P., Carvajal, C., Nuñez, M. J., Donoso, A., Bravo-Serrano, J. A., Carbonell, M., Courtie, C., Fernández, A., Martínez-Arroyo, L., Martínez, J., Menta, S., Pedrozo-Ortiz, L., Wegner, A., Monteverde-Fernández, N., Jaramillo-Bustamante, J. C., Jabornisky, R., González-Dambrauskas, S., … On behalf of LARed Network. (2022). Characteristics of medically transported critically ill children with respiratory failure in latin america: Implications for outcomes. Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care, 11(03), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1722204
Subjects
patient transfer
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critical illness
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mortality
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latin america
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hospitals
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urban