Can the need for a physician as part of the pediatric transport team be predicted? A prospective study
作者:
JEFFREY RUBENSTEIN,
MARY GOMEZ,
LAURA RYBICKI,
ZEHAVA NOAH,
期刊:
Critical Care Medicine
(OVID Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 20,
issue 12
页码: 1657-1661
ISSN:0090-3493
年代: 1992
出版商: OVID
关键词: pediatrics;transportation of patients;quality of health care;severity of illness index;critical care;critical illness;patient outcome assessment;survey methods
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
ObjectivesTo evaluate the quality of objective information obtained during telephone requests for the transport of pediatric patients. To evaluate the ability of subjective judgment, the Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) score, and the presence of tachycardia for age to predict the need for a physician on as a member of the pediatric transport team.DesignProspective data collection.SettingThe pediatric transport program of a children's hospital.PatientsAll 129 infants and children transported over a 4-month period.Measurements and Main ResultsWe defined an objective measure of the need for a physician's presence during the transport of a pediatric patient, based on either the necessity for procedural or medical interventions during the time of transport or on direct admission to the pediatric ICU after transport. At the time of initial telephone contact, a physician's subjective opinion of the need for physician presence was recorded, a PRISM score was derived, and the presence of tachycardia (adjusted for age) was determined. Subsequently, the vital signs recorded on the record of this request were compared with those vital signs charted at the referring hospital at the time of the initial telephone request. A total of 96% of vital signs obtained during the initial telephone contact were consistent with those percentages in the referring hospital medical records. Fifty (39%) of 129 transported patients required procedural or medical interventions or pediatric ICU admission. Subjective judgments predicted physician need with a high sensitivity (0.98), but with a low specificity (0.18). PRISM score predicted 62 (48%) of 129 transports to be “physician-required” (sensitivity = 0.72; specificity = 0.67). There was no statistical association between tachycardia for age and the objective need for a physician's presence.ConclusionsObjective information obtained during request for transfer was reliable. At the time of request for transfer, subjective judgment, PRISM score, and the presence of tachycardia did not predict the need for a physician presence during transport.
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