Epidemiology of childhood death in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units

Purpose Data on childhood intensive care unit (ICU) deaths are needed to identify changing patterns of intensive care resource utilization. We sought to determine the epidemiology and mode of pediatric ICU deaths in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). Methods This was a retrospective, descriptive study...

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Published in:Intensive care medicine 2019-09, Vol.45 (9), p.1262-1271
Main Authors: Moynihan, Katie M., Alexander, Peta M. A., Schlapbach, Luregn J., Millar, Johnny, Jacobe, Stephen, Ravindranathan, Hari, Croston, Elizabeth J., Staffa, Steven J., Burns, Jeffrey P., Gelbart, Ben
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesiology
Australia
Australia - epidemiology
Brain
Cause of Death - trends
Chi-Square Distribution
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Comorbidity
Critical Care Medicine
Death
Diagnostic systems
Emergency Medicine
Epidemiology
Fatalities
Female
Health aspects
Hospitals
Humans
Infant
Intensive
Intensive care
Intensive care units
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric - organization & administration
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric - statistics & numerical data
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mortality
New Zealand
New Zealand - epidemiology
Original
Pain Medicine
Pediatric intensive care
Pediatrics
Pneumology/Respiratory System
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Resource allocation
Resource utilization
Resuscitation
Retrospective Studies
Statistics, Nonparametric
Therapy
United Kingdom
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Summary:Purpose Data on childhood intensive care unit (ICU) deaths are needed to identify changing patterns of intensive care resource utilization. We sought to determine the epidemiology and mode of pediatric ICU deaths in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). Methods This was a retrospective, descriptive study of multicenter data from pediatric and mixed ICUs reported to the ANZ Pediatric Intensive Care Registry and binational Government census. All patients 
ISSN:0342-4642
1432-1238
DOI:10.1007/s00134-019-05675-1