Association of Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness With Mortality to 1 Year Among Injured Children Treated at Trauma Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is substantial variability among emergency departments (EDs) in their readiness to care for acutely ill and injured children, including US trauma centers. While high ED pediatric readiness is associated with improved in-hospital survival among children treated at trauma centers, the association between high ED readiness and long-term outcomes is unknown.

Objective

To evaluate the association between ED pediatric readiness and 1-year survival among injured children presenting to 146 trauma centers.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective cohort study, injured children younger than 18 years who were residents of 8 states with admission, transfer to, or injury-related death at one of 146 participating trauma centers were included. Childre

SUBMITTER: Newgard CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811708 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature