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Increased Mortality and Length of Stay Associated With Medical Emergency Team Review in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Pediatr Crit Care Med
June 2017
1Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 2Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 3Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Objective: Rapid response systems using medical emergency teams reduce hospital wide cardiorespiratory arrest and mortality. While rapid response systems improve hospital-wide outcomes, children receiving medical emergency team review may still be at increased risk for morbidity and mortality. The study purpose was to compare the length of stay and mortality rate in children receiving a medical emergency team review with those of other hospitalized children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVariations in the Operational Process of Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy.
Crit Care Med
October 2015
1Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 2Bertram Loeb Research Consortium in Organ and Tissue Donation, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 3Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 4Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Methods Center, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 5Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Objective: The process of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy remains poorly described in the current literature despite its importance for patient comfort and optimal end-of-life care. We conducted a structured review of the published literature to summarize patterns of withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy processes in adult ICUs.
Data Sources: Electronic journal databases were searched from date of first issue until April 2014.