Changes in the Profile of Paediatric Intensive Care Associated with Centralisation

Gale Pearson

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Changes in the Profile of Paediatric Intensive Care Associated with Centralisation

Gale Pearson

Birmingham Medical School

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OBJECTIVES: To compare intensive care admissions from a defined population of children in 1991 and 1999, during a period of organisational change and centralisation of paediatric intensive care. DESIGN: Two 12-month population-based audits were compared. Data were collected from hospitals in Birmingham and the surrounding districts. Denominator data were obtained from the Office for National Statistics. The place and rate of intensive care admission, the use of mechanical ventilation at admission, mortality and length of stay were compared. SETTING: Hospitals in the West Midlands. PARTICIPANTS: All children (

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1670-1673
Number of pages	4
Journal	Intensive Care Medicine
Volume	27
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340101072
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2001

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