Scoping a paediatric emergency medicine unit*
Several common paediatric diagnoses are well-suited to a PEMU unit, with reasonable occupancy and length of stay. The low inpatient admission rate suggests less common diagnoses should also be regarded as suitable. Further research is required to identify other paediatric patients and diagnoses suitable for PEMU, and to ratify findings in a whole-of-year sample.
Authors
- Jamie Lew
- Drew Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4536-1358)
- Marita S Bolic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2541-6646)
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- Canberra Hospital (AU)
- ACT Government (AU)
- James Cook University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emergency Medicine Australasia
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70033
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00