Patterns of presentation to the Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Emergency Research Network

Acworth, Jason; Babl, Franz E; Borland, Meredith L; Ngo, Peter; Krieser, David; Schutz, Jacquie; Pitt, Rob; Cotterell, Elizabeth; Jamison, Sarah; Neutze, Jocelyn; Lee, Mark

doi:10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01154.x

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“…In the context of increasing childhood admission rates, asthma accounts for 64%–73% of those for chronic conditions and wheezing is one of the most common reasons for hospitalisation overall 5 6. While there is variation in severity and pathophysiology with overlap between asthma and viral induced wheeze (VIW), wheezing is consistently identified as a leading presentation to emergency departments (EDs) in other healthcare settings 7 8…”

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Variation in treatment of acute childhood wheeze in emergency departments of the United Kingdom and Ireland: an international survey of clinician practice

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Objective National clinical guidelines for childhood wheeze exist, yet despite being one of the most common reasons for childhood emergency department (ED) attendance, significant variation in practice occurs in other settings. We, therefore, evaluated practice variations of ED clinicians in the UK and Ireland. Conclusions Significant variation in ED consultant management of childhood wheeze exists despite the presence of national guidance. This reflects the lack of evidence in key areas of childhood wheeze and emphasises the need for further robust multicentre research studies.

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Variation in treatment of acute childhood wheeze in emergency departments of the United Kingdom and Ireland: an international survey of clinician practice

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“…ED presentations are particularly common in young infants 13. We hypothesised that an ED visit for an infant complaint would be an opportunity to screen mothers for PND and initiate appropriate referrals.…”

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Postnatal depression in mothers bringing infants to the emergency department

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“…The inclusion criteria were as follows: the family who has a child six years old or younger because many of such children visit PED [46] [47] [48] [49] and the family living in all areas of Kagawa Prefecture because of its multifarious family structure, PEMCS systems, and diverse geographical features. The medical expenses of this age were free [50].…”

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A Scale of Parental Anxiety about Pediatric Emergency Medical Care Services of Japan: Development, Reliability, Validity, Generalizability and Usefulness

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Aim: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale, "parental anxiety about pediatric emergency medical care services" (PAPEMCS), and to evaluate its psychometric properties. Methods: Participants were 14,510 parents with children 6 years old or younger in Kagawa Prefecture. Using each half of the participants, exploratory factor analysis was performed to generate items and factors for the PAPEMCS, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to establish the construct validity. The generalizability of the PAPEMCS was evaluated by congruence tests and multigroup CFA. The usefulness of the PAPEMCS was established by the relationship between the PAPEMCS and non-urgent usage of pediatric emergency medical care services (PEMCS). Results: The PAPEMCS compromised 4 factors: "anxiety about quality of PEMCS", "anxiety about PEMCS system", "anxiety about public support", and "anxiety about private support". All reliability estimates (polychoric ordinal alpha coefficients, item-rest correlations), the item discrimination, 5 fit indices for CFA, the convergent validity (indicator reliabilities, composite reliabilities, average variance extracteds), and the discriminant validity fulfilled the acceptability thresholds. All generalizability estimates fulfilled the predetermined levels of acceptability (Tucker's congruence coefficients, congruence tests, strict factorial invariance). The usefulness of the PAPEMCS was established by the higher scores of the PAPEMCS being related to non-urgent usage of PEMCS. Conclusions: The PAPEMCS demonstrated satisfactory reliability, validity, generalizability and usefulness. The PAPEMCS is useful to quantify the contents and extent of parental anxiety about PEMCS, and to cla- 1428 Health rify the mechanisms of non-urgent PEMCS usage.

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Patterns of presentation to the Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Emergency Research Network

Abstract: This is the first description of the epidemiology of patient presentations to major paediatric ED in Australia and New Zealand. It details baseline data important to future collaborative studies and for planning health services for children.

Cited by 68 publications

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Variation in treatment of acute childhood wheeze in emergency departments of the United Kingdom and Ireland: an international survey of clinician practice

Variation in treatment of acute childhood wheeze in emergency departments of the United Kingdom and Ireland: an international survey of clinician practice

Postnatal depression in mothers bringing infants to the emergency department

A Scale of Parental Anxiety about Pediatric Emergency Medical Care Services of Japan: Development, Reliability, Validity, Generalizability and Usefulness

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