It was distributed to patients and guardians attending A&E or the Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) for the month of December 2014. Results 41 surveys were completed. Questions on patient understanding of information given and safety netting led to the most striking results. Less than half (44%...
Objective Assessment of abnormal vital signs in triage is a challenge in the paediatric emergency department (PED), since vital signsmay reflect anxiety, fever or pain rather than the clinical deterioration of the child. We aimed to evaluate the efficacyof subjective 'down-triage' (change of the...
The paediatric assessment triangle (PAT) is a rapid assessment tool using only visual and auditory clues; it requires no equipment, and takes seconds to perform. The PAT enables the provider to articulate formally a general impression of the child, establish the severity of the...
Virtual reality (VR) has been proposed as a useful tool for the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of mental health disorders due to the embodied experience and natural sense of presence offered by this technology [32,33,34]). Recently, innovative interventions using VR have been proposed ...
V. Intraoperative assessment of cerebral aqueduct patency and cisternal scarring: impact on success of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in 403 African children. J. Neurosurg. Pediatr. 5, 204–209 (2010). Article PubMed Google Scholar Kulkarni, A. V. et al. Predicting who will benefit from ...
Dental discomfort questionnaire: assessment of dental discomfort and/or pain in very young children. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2006a;34:47–52. Article PubMed Google Scholar Versloot, J, Veerkamp, JSJ, Hoogstraten J. Dental discomfort questionnaire for young children following full mouth ...
Aims Evaluation of 'NICE' Traffic Light (NTL) assessment of febrile children and a tool1 based on abnormalities of one or more key vital signs (VS+). To aid to our department in identifying seriously ill children, including validation on a group of patients with meningococcal disease. Design...
We recorded vital signs, level of consciousness, activity level, respiratory distress, hydration and MTS category.Paediatric assessment unit at a teaching hospital in England.700 children (median age 3 years), of whom 357 (51.0%) were referred from primary care, 198 (28.3%) self-referrals and...
A review of current practice in UK CF centres identified an absence of a structured assessment triage tool. Various methods to record and report symptoms were described, however it was evident that there was a distinct lack of a consistent clinical approach to this area of care. Therefore a ...
Methods Electronic databases Medline, Embase, Cochrane Cinahl, Psycinfo, Amed, British nursing index, DARE and CENTRAL were searched using titleterms and subject headings: heart/cardio/cardia/murmur/sound AND diagnosis/assessment/evaluation/examination. Results were limited to children aged 0鈥 18 ...