ICU admission following an unscheduled return visit to the pediatric emergency department within 72 hours

• Main Authors: Charng-Yen Chiang (Author), Fu-Jen Cheng (Author), Yi-Syun Huang (Author), Yu-Lun Chen (Author), Kuan-Han Wu (Author), I-Min Chiu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction The purpose of this study was to describe the demographic characteristics and prognosis of children admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after a pediatric emergency department (PED) return visit within 72 h. Method We conducted this retrospective study from 2010 to 2016 in...