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- Title
Aplicação da nota de transferência e do Paediatric Early Warning Score no serviço de emergência pediátrica do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.
- Authors
Ribeiro, Sofia Panato; Vieira, Letícia Becker; Rodrigues Strada, Juliana Karine; Moreira Freitas, Cássio Amaro; de Almeida, Valmir Machado; Wegner, Wiliam
- Abstract
Aims: to evaluate the nurses' adherence to filling out the transfer note with the emission of the Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) in pediatric patients in the Emergency Department. Methods: quantitative, cross-sectional and retrospective study. The study has been conducted from the analysis of 1.219 medical records of patients in a Pediatric Emergency, in the year of 2018. Results: in the evaluation of transference note and PEWS, the adherence was, respectively, 86,8% e 75,2%, over the year. The reasons for hospitalization vary according to the time of the year. Most patients attended by the emergency department were stabilized at the emergency service and only the patients with altered PEWS were referred to the pediatric intensive care unit. Conclusions: educational actions addressed to the professionals are necessary, with the objective to improve the indicators related the application of PEWS and the transfer note to guarantee safety assistance regarding the continuity of the care.
- Publication
Scientia Medica, 2021, Vol 31, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1806-5562
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15448/1980-6108.2021.1.39407