Comparing emergency department presentations among children with cerebral palsy with general childhood presentations: a data linkage study.
Elaine M MeehanKatrina WilliamsSusan M ReidGary L FreedFranz E BablJillian R SewellSuzanna VidmarSusan DonathDinah S ReddihoughPublished in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2017)
Children with cerebral palsy (CP) account for 0.4% of childhood emergency department presentations. More emergency department presentations among children with CP require ambulance arrival. More CP emergency department presentations are urgent and require hospital admission. Traditional emergency department triage scales seem less accurate for this group.