1054: Safety Events During Mobilization of Critically Ill Children in the United States

Adverse events occurring during interhospital transfer of the critically ill.

OBJECTIVE To determine what complications children have during interhospital transfer for intensive care, and how often these complications occur. DESIGN Observational study of all children transferred over a six month period, including interviews with patient escort, patient review, and severity of illness scoring. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Timing and method of transport; complications occurri...

Cardiopulmonary monitors and clinically significant events in critically ill children.

Cardiopulmonary monitors (CPMs) generate false alarm rates ranging from 85%-99% with few of these alarms actually representing serious clinical events. The overabundance of clinically insignificant alarms in hospitals desensitizes the clinician to true-positive alarms and poses significant safety issues. In this IRB-approved externally funded study, we sought to assess the clinical conditions a...

the effect of e-64 on the developmental competence of sheep cocs during in vitro maturation

in the present study, the effect of e-64 at different concentrations (0.5, 1, 5 and 10 µm) added to (1) the ivm medium on oocyte nuclear maturation and developmental competence of ovine oocytes, and (2) to the ivc medium on embryonic development of ovine embryos were investigated.

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Chapter 47. Safety During Transport of Critically Ill Patients

The care of acutely ill patients routinely includes transportation, both within a given hospital to undergo tests and procedures, and between hospitals, as patients may require transfer to other facilities for specialized services. Critically ill patients in particular commonly require such transfers and are at high risk for complications en route. Developing practices to reduce or minimize thi...