Death review of children receiving medical care at home

CONCLUSIONS: Improvement of devices and correct guidance to caregivers may reduce the death rate in children receiving home medical care.IMPACT: Children receiving home medical care, such as tracheostomy care, mechanical ventilation, or tube feeding, need special attention to prevent unexpected death. In this population-based child death review, 6% of children received home medical care, and it was estimated that 1 of 100 children receiving home medical care died per year. One-quarter of the deaths could be preventable by caregiver education or development of devices.PMID:34239067 | DOI:10.1038/s41390-021-01606-3

Source: Pediatric Research - July 9, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jun Natsume Atsushi Numaguchi Atsuko Ohno Mihoko Mizuno Yoshiyuki Takahashi Akihisa Okumura Tetsushi Yoshikawa Shinji Saitoh Kiyokuni Miura Masaharu Noda Source Type: research