Can critical care transport be safely reduced in children intubated during emergency management of status epilepticus in the United Kingdom: a national audit with case-control analysis.

Objective: This study describes the baseline clinical characteristics, predictors of successful extubation at referring hospitals and short-term outcomes of children intubated for status epilepticus and referred to United Kingdom (UK) paediatric critical care transport teams (PCCTs).

Design: Multicentre audit with case-control analysis, conducted between 1 September 2018 and 1 September 2020.

Setting: This study involved 10 UK PCCTs.