Impact of subspecialty consultations on diagnosis in the pediatric intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Intensivists and subspecialists often collaborate in diagnosing patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Our objectives were to characterize critically ill children for whom subspecialty consultations were requested, describe consultation characteristics, and determine consultations' impact on PICU diagnosis.

Methods

We performed a retrospective study using chart review in a single tertiary referral PICU including children admitted for acute illness. We collected data on patients with and without subspecialty consultations within the first three days of PICU admission and determined changes in PICU clinicians' diagnostic evaluation or treatment after consultations.

Results

PICU clinicians requested 152 subspecialty consultations for 87 of 101 (

SUBMITTER: Ramesh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9427695 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature