title: [Intrahospital transport of critically ill children].
abstract: Prospective evaluation of intrahospital transportation of 33 critically ill children to and from the pediatric intensive care unit was conducted over the course of a month. Factors contributing to risk of transport were assessed. There were 33 children (25 boys and 8 girls), 3 days to 15 years of age. Reasons for admission included: disease and trauma in 19, and status post operation in 11. The pretransport PRISM score was 4.84. 22 children (66.6%) were being mechanically ventilated and 10 (30.3%) were being treated with amines. Transport time ranged from 8-150 minutes. 15 of the transports (45.4%) were urgent and a special intensive care team escorted 22 (66.6%). Equipment mishaps and physiological deterioration occurred in 12 (36.3%) and 11 (30.3%) of the cases, respectively. The use of amines, mechanical ventilation, longer transport time and high PRISM score were all associated with physiological deterioration on transport.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pediatric Intensive Care and of Anesthesiology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paret
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben Abraham
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yativ
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vardi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Barzilay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016638:Critical Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D014947:Wounds and Injuries