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Review
. 2019 Feb;104(1):43-48.
doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313199. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

'So why didn't you think this baby was ill?' Decision-making in acute paediatrics

Damian Roland  1   2 , Edward Snelson  3   4
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Review

'So why didn't you think this baby was ill?' Decision-making in acute paediatrics

Damian Roland et al. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2019 Feb.

Abstract

Determining severity of illness and undertaking an adequate risk assessment is a fundamental part of acute paediatric practice. This review highlights physiology, communication, heuristics and external elements as factors which influence decision-making and discusses how incidence of disease and seniority of clinician impact might influence outcomes.

Keywords: acute paediatrics; decision making; gut feeling; heuristics.

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Competing interests: None declared.