Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2011
Predicting the impact on workload with the application of inpatient clinical review criteria into a paediatric emergency department.
Inpatient paediatric clinical observation charts that have predefined physiological criteria, which when reached might generate a mandatory medial review, are to be introduced into EDs in New South Wales. The present study estimated the increased workload of introducing these charts. ⋯ Individual units must decide where in the patient journey to introduce the charts for acute paediatric admissions based on the number of acute paediatric admissions and their severity as well as the availability and ability of staff to respond to calls.