Costa, Eduardo
Mateus, Céu
Carter, Bernie
Siner, Sarah
Jones, Dawn
Evans, Leah
Preston, Jenny
Mehta, Fulya
Lambert, Caroline
Hollingsworth, Bruce
Carrol, Enitan D.
Sefton, Gerri
Article History
Received: 19 July 2022
Accepted: 23 August 2023
First Online: 31 August 2023
Declarations
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: Ethics approval was given for the study, by the North-West, Liverpool East Research Ethics Committee, REC 17/NW/0533, and the Health Research Authority (HRA) permission to proceed was issued, (IRAS ID:215339).
: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Informed consent was collected for the families of children who are transferred to critical care following deterioration, so that additional data can be captured to ascertain the indirect financial cost to families associated with critical deterioration. The consent process incorporates statements about the use of anonymised data for publication. This consent to participate was approved by the North-West, Liverpool East Research Ethics Committee, REC 17/NW/0533.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study/project is funded by the NIHR [Dynamic Electronic Tracking and Escalation to reduce Critical Care Transfers (The DETECT Study) (I4I Challenge award ref II-LA-0216-20002)]. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.