Paediatrics Publications
Title
Remote Pediatric Critical Care Telephone Consultations: Quality and Outcomes.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2019
Journal
Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care
Volume
8
Issue
3
First Page
148
Last Page
155
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1679900
Abstract
There are no studies describing the nature and quality of telephone consultations for critically ill children despite being an important part of pediatric intensive care. We described pediatric telephone consultations to a PICU in Ontario, Canada in 2011 and 2012. Of 203 consultations, 104 patients (51.2%) were admitted to the PICU; this was associated with weekend consultations (
