Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Nov 2015
A Novel Method to Identify the Start and End of the Winter Surge in Demand for Pediatric Intensive Care in Real Time.
Implementation of winter surge management in intensive care is hampered by the annual variability in the start and duration of the winter surge. We aimed to develop a real-time monitoring system that could identify the start promptly and accurately predict the end of the winter surge in a pediatric intensive care setting. ⋯ We have developed and tested a novel method to identify the start and predict the end of the winter surge in emergency demand for pediatric intensive care.