CORRECTION article

Front. Pediatr., 28 September 2020

Sec. General Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Care

Volume 8 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.583576

Corrigendum: Assessment of Inadequate Use of Pediatric Emergency Medical Transport Services: The Pediatric Emergency and Ambulance Critical Evaluation (PEACE) Study

  • 1. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

  • 2. Medical School, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany

  • 3. Institute for Medical Biometry, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

  • 4. SPG, Saarpfalz-Gymnasium, Homburg, Germany

  • 5. Department of Neuropediatrics, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

  • 6. Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

  • 7. Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany

In the original article, there was a mistake in Table 1 as published. Here, in some cases the wrong numbers were entered. The corrected Table 1 appears below.

Table 1

Affected organ system≤28 days (n = 2)28 days−1 year (n = 43)1–12 years (n = 186)13–20 years (n = 148)
Central nervous system0 (0.0%)7 (16.3%)65 (34.9%)44 (29.7%)
Pulmonary0 (0.0%)7 (16.3%)35 (18.8%)11 (7.4%)
Cardiac0 (0.0%)1 (2.3%)13 (7.0%)35 (23.6%)
Gastrointestinal1 (50.0%)5 (11.6%)24 (12.9%)15 (10.1%)
Trauma1 (50.0%)14 (32.6%)32 (17.2%)3 (2.0%)
Intoxication0 (0.0%)2 (4.7%)8 (4.3%)29 (19.6%)
Others0 (0.0%)7 (16.3%)9 (4.8%)11 (7.4%)

Affected organ system at admission by ambulance categorized by age.

Data are presented as absolute numbers and percentages (brackets). Percentage refers to absolute numbers within the same line.

The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

Summary

Keywords

ambulance, emergency medical transport service, misuse, pediatric emergency, public health

Citation

Poryo M, Burger M, Wagenpfeil S, Ziegler B, Sauer H, Flotats-Bastardas M, Grundmann U, Zemlin M and Meyer S (2020) Corrigendum: Assessment of Inadequate Use of Pediatric Emergency Medical Transport Services: The Pediatric Emergency and Ambulance Critical Evaluation (PEACE) Study. Front. Pediatr. 8:583576. doi: 10.3389/fped.2020.583576

Received

15 July 2020

Accepted

12 August 2020

Published

28 September 2020

Volume

8 - 2020

Edited and reviewed by

Martin Chalumeau, Université Paris Descartes, France

Updates

Copyright

*Correspondence: Martin Poryo

This article was submitted to General Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Care, a section of the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics

†These authors have contributed equally to this work

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