Reducing Childhood Admissions to the PICU for Poisoning (ReCAP2) by Predicting Unnecessary PICU Admissions After Acute Intoxication.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To derive and validate clinical prediction models to identify children at low risk of clinically significant intoxications for whom intensive care admission is unnecessary. DESIGN:Retrospective review of data in the National Poison Data Systems from 2011 to 2014 and Georgia Poison Center cases from July to December 2016. SETTING:United States PICUs and poison centers participating in the American Association of Poison Control Centers from 2011 to 2016. PATIENTS:Children 18 years and younger admitted to a United States PICU following an acute intoxication. INTERVENTIONS:None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:The primary study outcome was the occurrence of clinically significant intoxications defined a priori as organ system-based clinical effects that require intensive care monitorin

SUBMITTER: Patel MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6298737 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature