Paediatric emergencies and related mortality in Nicaragua: results from a multi-site paediatric emergency registry.
Silvia BressanLiviana Da DaltMiriam ChamorroRaquel AbarcaDanila AzzolinaDario GregoriFabio SereniGiovanni MontiniGianni TognoniPublished in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2020)
The mortality rate of urgent-emergency paediatric visits in Nicaragua is high, with younger children being most at risk and the majority of deaths being eventually caused by septic shock or respiratory failure. Our data provide useful information for the development of a Paediatric Emergency Care network to help direct training efforts, resources and logistic/organisational interventions to improve children's health in an emergency setting in Nicaragua.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- public health
- healthcare
- intensive care unit
- septic shock
- respiratory failure
- young adults
- cardiovascular events
- mechanical ventilation
- palliative care
- health information
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- quality improvement
- risk factors
- physical activity
- emergency medical
- cardiovascular disease
- electronic health record
- machine learning
- big data
- deep learning
- drug induced
- coronary artery disease