Brought in dead cases to a tertiary referral paediatric emergency department in India: a prospective qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Brought in dead (BID) presentation is profoundly related to prehospital variables including disease-related determinants and social and system-related factors. Identifying these factors would help us recognise various gaps in health services.

Setting

Tertiary paediatric emergency department (ED) in north India.

Patients

Children aged 12 years or younger presented in cardiac arrest between April 2016 and March 2017 were prospectively enrolled irrespective of outcome of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Data were collected from multiple sources including referral documents, direct interview from parents and field observations at the referring facility.

Results

Of 100 BID cases enrolled, 55 were neonates. Low birth weight (n=43, 78%) and malnutrition

SUBMITTER: Praveen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7047481 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature