University of California - Davis - Health System

UC Davis study suggests sick children should be tranferred to specialty hospitals sooner

Published in Hematology Week, May 26th, 2008

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Critically ill children admitted to the pediatric intensive care units of regional medical centers from smaller hospitals are sicker than those admitted directly from those centers' own emergency rooms, a study by pediatric critical care physicians at UC Davis Children's Hospital has found.

The study, published online in the April 2008 issue of the journal Pediatrics, suggests the need for better coordination between smaller hospitals and regional medical centers, including greater use of telemedicine to provide emergency and critical care consultation on when to transfer sick children to larger hospitals.

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Source: Hematology Week (2008-05-26)

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