Acceso a centros de traumatología pediátrica en Canadá: un estudio de cohorte retrospectivo basado en la población

Alexandra Lapierre1, Carmel Awlise1, Gabrielle Freire1

  • 1Department of Social and Preventive Medicine (Lapierre, Awlise, Moore), and Research Center CHU de Québec (Lapierre, Berube, Beaulieu, Berthelot, Moore), Université Laval, Québec, Que.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Freire), Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program (Freire), Peter Gilgan Institute for Research and Learning, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Surgery, Medicine and Community Health Sciences (Yanchar), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Pediatrics (Zemek), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Pediatric Surgery (Beaudin), CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; Department of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Community Health Sciences (Stang), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Department of Pediatrics (Weiss, Beaulieu, Berthelot), Université Laval, Québec, Que.; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery (Carsen), Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Gagnon), McGill University Health Centre, Montreal Children's Hospital; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Gagnon), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University; Montreal Children's Hospital (Burstein), Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, McGill University Health Centre; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Occupational Health (Burstein), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Faculty of Nursing (Berube), Université Laval, Québec, Que.; Department of Critical Care Medicine (Stelfox), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (Stelfox), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Beno), Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Emergency Medicine (Labrosse), Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que.; George & Fay Yee Centre for Health Care Innovation (Klassen), Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Division of General Surgery (Haas), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care (Tillmann), University of Toronto; Division of Respirology and Critical Care Medicine (Tillmann), Department of Medicine, University Health Network; Tory Trauma Program (Tillmann), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont.; Trauma Program (Priestap), London Health Sciences Centre; Department of Surgery (Merritt), Western University, London, Ont.

Resumen

En Canadá, el 77,6% de los niños con traumatismos graves accedieron a centros de traumatología pediátrica. Sin embargo, uno de cada cuatro niños no recibió una atención óptima de las lesiones, lo que indica la necesidad de mejorar los sistemas de traumatología.