Timing and causes of death to 1 year among children presenting to emergency departments.
Stefanie G AmesApoorva SalviAmber LinSusan MalveauN Clay MannPeter C JenkinsMatthew Lee HansenLinda PapaSabrina SchmitzCesar SabogalCraig D Newgardnull nullPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2024)
The 1-year mortality of children presenting to an ED is 2.2% for injured children and 1.4% for medically ill children with most deaths occurring in the ED. Future interventional trials, quality improvement efforts, and health policy focused in the ED could have the potential to improve outcomes of pediatric patients.