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Emergency room visits and admission rates of children with neuromuscular disorders: A 10-year experience in a medical center in Taiwan
- Source :
- Pediatrics and Neonatology, Vol 60, Iss 4, Pp 405-410 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2019.
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Abstract
- Background: No previous studies have explored emergency medical care for children with chronic neuromuscular disorders (NMDs). We aimed to determine the major reasons for the emergency room (ER) readmission of pediatric patients with NMDs and suggest changes to the care plan to decrease readmissions. Methods: Children with chronic NMDs (aged
- Subjects :
- Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Fever
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Taiwan
Common Cold
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
Patient Readmission
Muscular Dystrophies
Unmet needs
Muscular Atrophy, Spinal
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Intravenous fluid
Seizures
medicine
Humans
Young adult
Child
Heart Failure
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
lcsh:RJ1-570
Complete blood count
lcsh:Pediatrics
Neuromuscular Diseases
Pneumonia
medicine.disease
Triage
Hospitalization
Pulse oximetry
030228 respiratory system
Respiratory failure
Child, Preschool
Gastritis
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
Emergency Service, Hospital
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Respiratory Insufficiency
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18759572
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatrics and Neonatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e6fb261406e6b610a7e0b0e433f6e5a3