Many children start their stay on these wards after emergency admission due perhaps to head injury, onset of seizures or meningitis.
The CQC says of the Queen's A&E: "Delays in admission due to 'blockages' in the system and lack of beds throughout the hospital cause backlog of patients within the department.
Many seek care at emergency departments and some require hospital admission due to late presentation.
Initially, 3 (15%) patients had emergency CSF diversion on admission due to poor GCS on arrival.
Conclusion Zika infection may lead to ICU admission due to the development of GBS.
Objectives: To explore the association between hyperthermia and MODS development in patients requiring ICU admission due to MA/MDMA intoxication.
Another patient died 2 days after admission due to multi-organ failure in addition to persistent epileptic activity.
In 2009, we described 6 patients with an excellent initial recovery after pneumococcal meningitis who suddenly deteriorated 7 14 days after admission due to multiple cerebral infarctions [12].
The absence of pupillary light response is not sufficiently predictive when it is sought on admission, due to a high false-positive rate, which can reach 30%[37]].
It has previously been shown that some specific causes of admission due to progression of solid tumors are associated with very poor prognosis [21, 22].
Initially, 3 (15%) patients had emergency VP shunt insertion on admission due to poor GCS on arrival (less than 10 in the 3 patients).
