Mortality in Paediatric Intensive Care

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Mortality of paediatric patients in intensive care can be considered as on of the parameters of quality of care. Together with the advance in research and medicine there should be a trend towards mortality reduction, however actual data in Czech Republic are not well documented. The aim of this retrospective cohort trial was to evaluate the mortality of paediatric intensive care patients admitted to Department of paediatric anaesthesiology and intensive care between two periods 2008-2012 and 2013 and 2017

Detailed Description
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Mortality of paediatric patients in intensive care can be considered as on of the parameters of quality of care. Together with the advance in research and medicine there should be a trend towards mortality reduction, however actual data in Czech Republic are not well documented. The aim of this retrospective cohort trial was to evaluate the mortality of paediatric intensive care patients admitted to Department of paediatric anaesthesiology and intensive care between two periods 2008-2012 and 2013 and 2017. The patients records was retrospectively searched and the mortality was adjusted according to the primary admission diagnosis.

Official Title
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Mortality in Tertiary Paediatric Critical Care Centre 2008-2012 Versus 2013-2017: Retrospective Cohort Trial

Conditions
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Morbidity, Multiple

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Mortality


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Pediatric patients admitted to intensive care in selected time period Exclusion Criteria: Insufficient documentation
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Paediatric patients 2008-2012<br>Paediatric patients admitted to intensive care in 2008-2012 who died during PICU stay | Other: Mortality<br>* Patients who died during PICU stay<br>|
| Paediatric patients 2013-2017<br>Paediatric patients admitted to intensive care in 2013-2017 who died during PICU stay | Other: Mortality<br>* Patients who died during PICU stay<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paediatric intesive care unit mortality | Mortality of paediatric patients in selected period in intensive care | During Paediatric intesive care unit (PICU) stay Paediatric patients admitted to the intensive care in selected period (2008-2012. versus 2013-2017) | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paediatric intesive care unit adjusted mortality | Mortality of paediatric patients in selected period in intensive care according to the admission diagnose and severity of disease | During Paediatric intesive care unit (PICU) stay Paediatric patients admitted to the intensive care in selected period (2008-2012. versus 2013-2017) | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Paediatric, Intensive care, Mortality