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Admission time and mortality rates

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Abstract

Objective

The objective of this study was to determine whether there there are any associations between time of admission and mortality rates in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Methods

We analyzed retrospectively 210 consecutive admissions to the PICU from November 2005 to April 2006 for patients aged 1 mth to 18 yr.

Results

There was no significant difference for overall mortality rates between weekend and weekday admissions (12.2% vs 17.4%, p=0.245), and daytime and evening admissions (11.3 % vs 15.4%, p=0.254). There was also no significant difference between different admission times for within 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours mortality rates.

Conclusions

In respect of the overall mortality rates, it can be said that in a closed system PICU management under the control of a pediatric intensivist there is no association between time of admission and mortality rates.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ihsan Dogramaci Chidren’s Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Ankara, Turkey

    Ali Ertug Arslankoylu, Benan Bayrakci & Yesim Oymak

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Arslankoylu, A.E., Bayrakci, B. & Oymak, Y. Admission time and mortality rates. Indian J Pediatr 75, 691–694 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-008-0130-6

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