Child Health Nursing Research

Korean Academy of Child Health Nursing (한국아동간호학회)
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The Severity of the Pediatric Patients Visiting Emergency Center

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  • Kim Shin-Jeong (Department of Nursing Science, Hallym University) ;
  • Moon Sun-Young (Department of Nursing, ShinHeung College) ;
  • Park Eun-Ok (Ewha Woman′s University Hospital Emergency Center)
  • 김신정 (한림대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 문선영 (신흥대학 간호) ;
  • 박은옥 (이화여자대학교 부속 의료원 목동병원 응급실)
  • Published : 2001.04.01
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Abstract

This study was attempted to help in explore new direction about classification of the severity of the pediatric patients visiting emergency center. Data were collected from 276 patients who visited emergency center of E University Hospital during 3 months period from March 1, to May 31,1999. The results were as follows: 1. The degree of severity of the pediatric patients visiting emergency center shown ranged 0-18 and averaged .87. 2. With the respect to the severity of the pediatric patients visiting emergency center, there were statiscally significant difference in patients' visiting time(F=2.607, p=.025), disease classification(F=9.606, p=.000), consciousness level(F=71.499, p=.000), period of symptom manifestation (F=2.262, p=.030), pediatric patients protector's thinking about pediatric patients state (F=16.833, p=.000), treatment outcome (t=5.362, p=.000), duration of stay at emergency center(F=23.944, p=.000).

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