Pediatric Intensive Care Transport Registry

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07070258

Acronym

PIT Registry

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2025-07-17

Start date

2024-11-25

Completion date

2029-12-31

Last updated

2025-07-20

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, Transportation of Patients

Keywords

intensive care transport, critical care transport, pediatrics, registry

Brief summary

The aim is to establish a nationwide registry for pediatric intensive care transports in Germany. The project aims to describe and analyse the need for, and current practice of, specialised transports. These data could then be used for future demand planning.

Detailed description

In contrast to critical care transport of adults or newborns, transport of pediatric critical care patients in Germany is neither regulated by law nor centrally organized. Due to their different therapeutic needs compared to newborns or adults, critically ill children may receive insufficient treatment during transport. In some regions in Germany, pediatric centers provide specialized pediatric retrieval teams, while others organize each transport individually. Currently, no valid data on pediatric critical care transports in Germany are available, nor are they recorded in a structured manner. A nationwide registry for pediatric intensive care transports in Germany was initiated to describe and analyze the need for and current practice of these specialized transports.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

27 Days to 17 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Critically ill children aged at least 27 days and a corrected gestational age of over 41 weeks AND * Maximum age of 17 years AND * Interhospital transport AND * Critical care transport by a dedicated critical care transport team using an intensive care ambulance (Type C vehicle) or an air ambulance OR * The transport was accompanied by a specialist in intensive care or emergency medicine. OR * The in-hospital destination of the transport is a critical care area, such as an intensive care unit, a trauma room, a resuscitation area, an operating theatre, an emergency imaging procedure or an emergency intervention.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Most frequent reason for pediatric intensive care transport	At enrollment

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Primary ContactNadine Mand, Dr. med.

mandn@staff.uni-marburg.de004964215862671

Backup ContactStefan Winkler, Dr. med.

stefan.winkler@uniklinikum-dresden.de0049 351 458-18552

Outcome results