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  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Transport Medicine

Background:

  • Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) critically affects pediatric patients during interfacility transport.
  • Optimizing resuscitation protocols during transport is crucial for improving outcomes in critically ill children.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of goal-directed therapy (GDT) administered by a specialized pediatric transport team on critically ill children with SIRS.
  • To determine if GDT during interfacility transport reduces hospital length of stay, prevents multiple organ dysfunction, and decreases intensive care unit (ICU) interventions.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective, before-and-after intervention trial involving pediatric interfacility transport patients (1 month to 17 years) with SIRS.
  • Implementation of a GDT protocol by a specialized pediatric transport team, with pre- and post-intervention data collection over 10-month periods.
  • Transport personnel received specialized training in GDT through didactics and high-fidelity simulation.

Main Results:

  • A total of 235 patients with SIRS were enrolled (123 pre-intervention, 112 post-intervention).
  • The post-intervention group experienced a significantly shorter hospital stay (mean difference of 1.6 days, p=0.02) and fewer required therapeutic ICU interventions (p=0.04).
  • No statistically significant differences were observed in ICU length of stay or the prevalence of organ dysfunction between groups.

Conclusions:

  • Goal-directed therapy administered by a specialized pediatric transport team shows potential to positively impact clinical outcomes for critically ill children with SIRS.
  • Further multi-institutional studies are warranted to confirm these findings and their broader clinical applicability.
  • This approach may offer a valuable strategy for improving the care of critically ill pediatric patients during interfacility transport.