Short-stay urgent hospital admissions of children with convulsions: A mixed methods exploratory study to inform out of hospital care pathways.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To inform interventions focused on safely reducing urgent paediatric short stay admissions (SSAs) for convulsions.

Methods

Routinely acquired administrative data from hospital admissions in Scotland between 2015-2017 investigated characteristics of unscheduled SSAs (an urgent admission where admission and discharge occur on the same day) for a diagnosis of febrile and/or afebrile convulsions. Semi-structured interviews to explore perspectives of health professionals (n = 19) making referral or admission decisions about convulsions were undertaken. Interpretation of mixed methods findings was complemented by interviews with four parents with experience of unscheduled SSAs of children with convulsion.

Results

Most SSAs for convulsions present initially at hosp

SUBMITTER: Malcolm C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10984513 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature