From Triage to Outcome: How ED Parameters and Comorbidities Shape Pediatric Critical Illness Prognosis
Ian Valencic, Fiorentina Guida, Laura Andreozzi, Ilaria Corsini, Eleonora Battelli, Marcello Lanari, Daniele Zama · 2026
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Description
Ian Valencic and co-authors mine emergency department records to learn which arriving signs foretell a child's course in critical illness. Children who arrive under the highest urgency code are few but consume the most care. The team reviewed five years of such red-code cases at a tertiary children's hospital.
Charts yielded demographics, vital signs graded by age-adjusted severity, lab values, and existing conditions. Outcomes ranged from admission and intensive care to advanced life support within a week. Statistical models, singly and combined, sort which triage facts truly predict deterioration. Sharper early signals help teams put the sickest children in the right bed with the right team fastest.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ian Valencic, Fiorentina Guida, Laura Andreozzi, Ilaria Corsini, Eleonora Battelli, Marcello Lanari, Daniele Zama |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |