Enhancing Telemedicine Communication for Improved Outpatient Pediatric Trauma Care
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
3.1. Demographic and Work Specific Characteristics
3.2. Utilisation of Telemedical Cooperation
3.3. Reasons for Referral
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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n (%) | |
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Gender | 151 (100) |
Male | 95 (62.9) |
Female | 56 (37.1) |
Age (years) | 154 (100) |
30–40 | 4 (2.6) |
40–50 | 80 (52.0) |
50–60 | 28 (18.2) |
>60 | 42 (27.3) |
Profession | 154 (100) |
Trauma surgeons | 71 (46.1) |
Pediatrician | 77 (50.0) |
Pediatric surgeons | 6 (3.9) |
Professional experience (years) | 154 (100) |
5–10 | 5 (3.3) |
10–20 | 51 (33.1) |
>20 | 98 (63.6) |
Workplace | 154 (100) |
Private practice | 66 (42.9) |
Group practice | 64 (41.6) |
Outpatient health center | 23 (14.9) |
Other | 1 (0.7) |
Location/Federal State | 152 (100) |
Hamburg | 99 (65.1) |
Lower Saxony | 19 (12.5) |
Schleswig-Holstein | 32 (21.1) |
Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania | 2 (1.3) |
Distance to the nearest traumatologic department (km) | 153 (100) |
<5 | 7 (4.6) |
5–10 | 99 (64.7) |
10–25 | 33 (21.6) |
25–50 | 10 (6.5) |
>50 | 4 (2.6) |
No. of ped. traumatologic patients treated/week | 152 (100) |
1–5 | 92 (60.5) |
5–15 | 27 (17.8) |
>15 | 15 (9.9) |
None | 18 (11.8) |
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Mokhaberi, N.; Schoof, B.; Strahl, A.; Reinshagen, K.; Wintges, K. Enhancing Telemedicine Communication for Improved Outpatient Pediatric Trauma Care. Children 2024, 11, 1120. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11091120
Mokhaberi N, Schoof B, Strahl A, Reinshagen K, Wintges K. Enhancing Telemedicine Communication for Improved Outpatient Pediatric Trauma Care. Children. 2024; 11(9):1120. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11091120
Chicago/Turabian StyleMokhaberi, Nariman, Benjamin Schoof, André Strahl, Konrad Reinshagen, and Kristofer Wintges. 2024. "Enhancing Telemedicine Communication for Improved Outpatient Pediatric Trauma Care" Children 11, no. 9: 1120. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11091120