Effect of emergency department care on outcomes in pediatric trauma: What approaches make a difference in quality of care?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Dowd, M Denise ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 37349052777     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31815acd19     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (43)

1. Hulka F, Mullins RJ, Mann NC, et al. Influence of a statewide trauma system on pediatric hospitalization and outcome. J Trauma. 1996;42:514-519.
2. Osler T, Vane D, Tepas J, et al. Survival following trauma in children: do pediatric trauma centers have better survival rates than adult trauma centers? An examination of the National Pediatric Trauma Registry. J Trauma. 2001;51:96-101.
3. Cooper A, Barlow B, DiScala C, et al. Efficacy of pediatric trauma care: results of a population-based study. J Pediatr Surg. 1993;28:299-305.
4. Potoka DA, Schall LC, Gardner MJ, et al. Impact of pediatric trauma centers of mortality in a statewide system. J Trauma. 2000;49:237-245.
5. Hulka F. Pediatric trauma systems: critical distinctions. J Trauma. 1999;47:S85-S89.
6. Institute of Medicine, Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2006.
7. Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons. Advanced Trauma Life Support Course Manual. 7th ed. Chicago, IL: ACS; 2004.
8. Doolin EJ, Browne AM, DiScala CJ. Pediatric trauma center criteria: a critical analysis. Pediatr Surg. 1999;34:885-889.
9. Middleton KR, Burt CW. Availability of pediatric services and equipment in emergency departments: United States 2002-03. Advance Data. 2006;367:1-16.
10. Vernon DD, Furnival RA, Hansen KW, et al. Effect of a pediatric trauma response team on emergency department treatment time and mortality of pediatric trauma victims. Pediatrics. 1999;103:20-24.
11. Perno JF, Schunk JE, Hansen KW, Furnival RA. Significant reduction in delayed diagnosis of injury with implementation of a pediatric trauma service. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2005;21:367-371.
12. Vernon DD, Bolte R, Scife E, Hansen KW. Alternative model for a pediatric trauma center: efficient use of physician manpower at a freestanding children's hospital. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2005;21:18-22.
13. Nuss KE, Dietrich AM, Smith GA. Effectiveness of a pediatric trauma team protocol. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2001;17:96-99.
14. Dowd MD, McAneney C, Lacher M, Ruddy R. Maximizing the sensitivity and specificity of the pediatric trauma team activation criteria. Acad Emerg Med. 2000;7:1119-1125.
15. Qazi K, Wright M, Kippes C. Stable pediatric blunt trauma patients: is trauma team activation always necessary? J Trauma. 1998;45:562-564.
16. Esposito T, Sanddal N, Dean JM, et al. Analysis of preventable pediatric trauma deaths and inappropriate trauma care in Montana. 1999;47:243-253.
17. Densmore JC, Lim HJ, Oldham DR, Guice KS. Outcomes and delivery of care in pediatric injury. J Pediatr Surg. 2006;41:92-98.
18. Athey J, Dean JM, Ball J, et al. Ability of hospitals to care for pediatric emergency patients. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2001;17:170-174.
19. Jaffe DM, Binns H. Developing a clinical algorithm for early management of cervical spine injury in child trauma victims. Ann Emerg Med. 1987;16:270-276.
20. Viccellio P, Simon H, Pressman B, et al. A prospective multicenter study of cervical spine injury in children. Pediatrics. 2001;108:e20.
21. Soundappan S, Smith NF, Lam LT, et al. A trauma series in the injured child: do we really need it? Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006;22:710-716.
22. Sears BW, Luchette FA, Esposito T, et al. Old fashion clinical judgment in the era of protocols: is mandatory chest X-ray necessary in injured patients? J Trauma. 2005;59:324-332.
23. Gittleman MA, Gonzalez-del-Rey J, Brody AS, DiGiulio GA. Clinical predictors for the selective use of chest radiographs in pediatric blunt trauma evaluations. J Trauma. 2003;55:670-676.
24. Cotton BA, Beckert BW, Smith M, Burd RS. The utility of clinical and laboratory data for predicting intra-abdominal injury among children. J Trauma. 2004;56:1068-1075.
25. Issacman DJ, Scarfone RJ, Kost SI, et al. Utility of routine laboratory testing for detecting intra-abdominal trauma in the pediatric population. Pediatrics. 1993;92:691-694.
26. Holmes JF, Sokolove PE, Land C, Kuppermann N. Identification of intra-abdominal injuries in children hospitalized following blunt torso trauma. Acad Emerg Med. 1999;6:799-806.
27. Guldner G, Babbitt J, Boulton M, et al. Deferral of the rectal examination in blunt trauma patients: a clinical decision rule. Acad Emerg Med. 11:635-641.
28. Esposito TJ, Ingraham A, Luchette F, et al. Reasons to omit digital rectal exam in trauma patients: no fingers, no rectum, no useful additional information. J Trauma. 2005;59:1314-1319.
29. Porter JM, Ursic CM. Digital rectal examination for trauma: does every patient need one? Am Surg. 2001;67:438-441.
30. Patrick DA, Bensard DD, Moore EE, et al. Ultrasound is an effective triage tool to evaluate blunt abdominal trauma in the pediatric population. J Trauma. 1998;45:57-63.
31. Coley BD, Mutabagani KH, Martin LC, et al. Focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) in children with blunt abdominal trauma. J Trauma. 2000;48:902-906.
32. Akgur FM, Aktug T, Olguner M, et al. Prospective study investigating routine usage of ultrasonography as the initial diagnostic modality for the evaluation of children sustaining blunt abdominal trauma. J Trauma. 1997;42:626-628.
33. Thourani VH, Pettitt BJ, Schmidt JA, et al. Validation of surgeon-performed emergency abdominal sonography in pediatric trauma patients. J Pediatr Surg. 1998;33:322-328.
34. Patel JC, Tepas JJ. The efficacy of focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) as a screening tool in the assessment of injured children. J Pediatr Surg. 1999;34:44-47.
35. Howard RF. Current status of pain management in children. JAMA. 2003;290:2464-2469.
36. Neighbor ML, Honner S, Kohn M. Factors affecting emergency department opioid administration to severely injured patients. Acad Emerg Med. 2004;11:1290-1296.
37. Friedland LR, Kulick RM. Emergency department analgesic use in pediatric trauma victims with fractures. Ann Emerg Med. 1994;23:203-207.
38. Henderson DP, Knapp JF. Report of the national consensus conference on family presence during pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation and procedures. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2005;21:787-791.
39. Sacchetti A, Carraccio C, Leva E, et al. Acceptance of family member presence during pediatric resuscitations in the emergency department effects of personal experience. Pediat Emerg Care. 2000;16:85-87.
40. Helmer S, Smith S, Shapiro W, et al. Family presence during trauma resuscitation: a survey of AAST and ENA members. J Trauma. 2000;48:1015-1024.
41. Dudley NC, Hansen KW, Furnival RA, et al. The impact of family presence at pediatric trauma resuscitation [abstract]. Presented at: the 2007 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. May 5-8, 2007.
42. Guttmann A, Razzaq A, Lindsay P, et al. Development of measures of quality of emergency department care for children using a structured panel process. Pediatrics. 2006;118:114-123.
43. Lindsay P, Schull M, Bronskill S, et al. The development of indicators to measure the quality of clinical care in emergency department following a modified-Delphi approach. Acad Emerg Med. 2002;9:1131-1139.