| Literature DB >> 35990878 |
Jesus A Serra1, Franco Díaz2,3, Pablo Cruces2,4, Cristobal Carvajal3,5, Maria J Nuñez6, A Donoso6, J A Bravo-Serrano7, M Carbonell8, C Courtie9, A Fernández10, L Martínez-Arroyo11, J Martínez9, S Menta12, Luis Pedrozo-Ortiz13, A Wegner14, Nicolas Monteverde-Fernández8, Juan C Jaramillo-Bustamante15,16, Roberto Jabornisky17, Sebastián González-Dambrauskas1, Sapna R Kudchadkar18, Pablo Vásquez-Hoyos19,20,21.
Abstract
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). Thieme. All rights reserved.Entities:
Keywords: Latin America; critical illness; hospitals; mortality; patient transfer; urban
Year: 2021 PMID： 35990878 PMCID： PMC9381436 DOI： 10.1055/s-0040-1722204
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr Intensive Care ISSN： 2146-4626