MORE
INTENSIVE AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IMPROVED THE INTERHOSPITAL TRANSPORT QUALITY
FOR CRITACALLY ILL CHILDREN
Yan Jianjiang, Ma Wencheng
Guangzhou Children¡¯s Hospital, Guangzhou, China
Objective: To investigate the effect of more
intensive airway management for the stabilization of vital signs of the
critically ill children during interhospital transport.
Methods: All 31 pediatric cases with critical diseases
were transported interhospitallly. The test group included 12 cases
selected randomly from those whose airway managed more intensively during
transport. The control group consisted of 19 concurrent cases treated with
common measure during transport. Use Critically Ill Children Scoring
System, all scoring data came from the records of vital signs including
heart rate, spontaneous respiratory rate and systole blood pressure both
before and after transfer.
Results: Between the test and control groups, there was
not significant difference before interhospital transport (P>0.05), and
there was statistically significant improvement in vital signs scores
during and after transfer (P<0.05).
Conclusions: The more intensive airway management
care guaranteed the stabilization of vital signs of critically ill children
during interhospital transport, and improve the transporting quality.