1
40
1
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
August 2019 List
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Citation List Month
August 2019 List
URL Address
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-rcpch.452" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-rcpch.452</a>
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Rapid response physiotherapy service in patients with life limiting conditions
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2019
Subject
The topic of the resource
child; female; human; male; controlled study; clinical article; quality of life; conference abstract; hospital admission; hospital bed; hospitalization; lower respiratory tract infection; physiotherapist; physiotherapy; risk assessment; sample size
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Michael A; Milner S; Griffin H
Description
An account of the resource
Background Children with chronic illness and life limiting conditions are often more prone to respiratory illnesses due to problems with increased secretions and reduced ability to clear them. The aim of rapid response physiotherapists (RRP) in this patient demographic is to reduce frequency of lower respiratory tract infections and ultimately A and E attendances and admission to hospital. Methods We evaluated A and E attendances, hospital admissions and bed days for patients with life limiting conditions felt to be at risk of recurrent lower respiratory tract infections before and after the introduction of a RRP service. Results 10 children were eligible for inclusion in analysis before and 15 children were identified after the introduction of a RRP. A and E attendances before and after RRP (per patient per year) were 2.5 and 1.8 respectively. Hospital admissions were 1.4 admissions per patient per year in both groups. Length of hospital stay, or bed days had the biggest reduction between groups with 13.4 (days per patient per year) before and 4.8 after RRP. Conclusions We have shown that with the introduction of an RRP the number of A and E attendances and hospital bed days has reduced in absolute terms. Whilst the difference is only small, reduction in hospital contact in a cohort where quality of life is of upmost importance is paramount. To truly analyse this data statistically a larger sample size is needed.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-rcpch.452" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1136/archdischild-2019-rcpch.452</a>
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
Article information provided for research and reference use only. PedPalASCNET does not hold any rights over the resource listed here. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s).
2019
Archives of Disease in Childhood
August 2019 List
Child
Clinical Article
conference abstract
Controlled Study
Female
Griffin H
Hospital Admission
hospital bed
Hospitalization
Human
lower respiratory tract infection
Male
Michael A
Milner S
physiotherapist
Physiotherapy
Quality Of Life
Risk Assessment
Sample Size