A retrospective review of general paediatric inpatient deaths over time
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Methods Data was retrospectively collected for all patients who died on the General Paediatric Ward (the Ward) or in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at this tertiary hospital, in the years 1998, 2005, and 2012. Patients who died in the PICU were considered to have a “general paediatric diagnosis” if their underlying condition or acute diagnosis would have normally resulted in admission to a General Paediatric Ward. The data elements collected were related to: demographic information about the child, health services data, information about provision and orders related to CPR at time of death and the involvement of palliative care services.
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