Opportunities to improve diagnosis in emergency transfers to the pediatric intensive care unit.

Sanjiv D Mehta; Morgan Congdon; Charles A Phillips; Meghan Galligan; Christina M Hanna; Naveen Muthu; Jenny Ruiz; Hannah Stinson; Kathy N. Shaw; Robert M Sutton; Irit R Rasooly

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Opportunities to improve diagnosis in emergency transfers to the pediatric intensive care unit.

August 30, 2023

Mehta SD, Congdon M, Phillips CA, et al. J Hosp Med. 2023;18(6):509-518.

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Improving diagnosis in pediatrics is an ongoing patient safety focus. This retrospective study included 129 pediatric emergency transfer cases and examined the relationship between missed opportunity for improvement in diagnosis (MOID; determined using SaferDx) and patient outcomes. Researchers found that MOID occurred in 29% of emergency transfer cases and it was associated with higher risk of mortality and longer post-transfer length of stay.

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