Pediatric Intensive Care Transport Registry

Philipps University Marburg1,000 enrolled

Overview

The aim is to establish a nationwide registry for pediatric intensive care transports in Germany. The project aims to describe and analyse the need for, and current practice of, specialised transports. These data could then be used for future demand planning.

In contrast to critical care transport of adults or newborns, transport of pediatric critical care patients in Germany is neither regulated by law nor centrally organized. Due to their different therapeutic needs compared to newborns or adults, critically ill children may receive insufficient treatment during transport. In some regions in Germany, pediatric centers provide specialized pediatric retrieval teams, while others organize each transport individually. Currently, no valid data on pediatric critical care transports in Germany are available, nor are they recorded in a structured manner. A nationwide registry for pediatric intensive care transports in Germany was initiated to describe and analyze the need for and current practice of these specialized transports.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

1,000

Conditions

Critical Care Medicine Transportation of Patients Pediatrics

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 27 DaysMax age: 17 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Critically ill children aged at least 27 days and a corrected gestational age of over 41 weeks AND * Maximum age of 17 years AND * Interhospital transport AND * Critical care transport by a dedicated critical care transport team using an intensive care ambulance (Type C vehicle) or an air ambulance OR * The transport was accompanied by a specialist in intensive care or emergency medicine. OR * The in-hospital destination of the transport is a critical care area, such as an intensive care unit, a trauma room, a resuscitation area, an operating theatre, an emergency imaging procedure or an emergency intervention.

Locations (2)

University of Dresden

Dresden, Germany

RECRUITING

Philipps University of Marburg

Marburg, Germany

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Most frequent reason for pediatric intensive care transport

Time frame: At enrollment

Central Contacts

Nadine Mand, Dr. med.

CONTACT

004964215862671 mandn@staff.uni-marburg.de

Stefan Winkler, Dr. med.

CONTACT

0049 351 458-18552 stefan.winkler@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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