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ReviewEmergency medicine journal : EMJ2006

Review of a paediatric emergency department observation unit.

I Levett, K Berry, I Wacogne

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Review in Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Emergency review clinic: impact on paediatric admissions.Irish journal of medical science · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

I LevettNew Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK. ianlevett@doctors.net.uk
K Berry
I Wacogne

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo review the function of an emergency department paediatric observation unit.

methodA retrospective observational study reviewing the activity of the observation unit for 12 months

resultsDuring 12 months, 4446 children were admitted to the observation unit and 76% were discharged home: usually within 8 hours. The average admission rate was 12 children in 24 hours. The commonest causes for children being admitted to the observation unit were respiratory problems and gastroenteritis or dehydration.

conclusionThe emergency paediatric observational unit was used to assess and treat children with a variety of conditions. This enabled many children to be managed in the emergency department rather than being admitted to the paediatric wards.

Indexed as

ChildChild, PreschoolDehydrationEmergency Service, HospitalGastroenteritisHospital UnitsHumansInfantLength of StayPatient AdmissionRetrospective Studies

Identifiers

PMID16858092
PMCPMC2564162

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