key: cord-0959280-n3avqm4j
authors: Philips, Kaitlyn; Hametz, Patricia
title: Final Outcomes of a Pediatric Surge-In-Place Model during the COVID-19 Pandemic
date: 2021-05-04
journal: J Pediatr
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.04.068
sha: 0bc36b70b0b42c41441fdb25454f8757c41847f3
doc_id: 959280
cord_uid: n3avqm4j

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To the Editor:

We reported our hospital's approach to 'surge in place'where pediatric providers and nurses cared for adults with COVID-19 on a 40-bed unit within a children's hospital.(1) We leveraged our existent quality and safety infrastructure to rapidly create and run this unit within our integrated healthcare system. Final outcomes of our first 100 patients were unavailable at article submission. Reporting these outcomes is important to understand whether our strategy resulted in similar outcomes as adults treated in traditional clinical settings.

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