TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Special Needs & High-Tech Children A1 - Phillips, Julie A1 - Estrada, Cristina M. A2 - Stone, C. Keith A2 - Humphries, Roger L. A2 - Drigalla, Dorian A2 - Stephan, Maria PY - 2014 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatric Emergency Medicine AB - Recent medical advances have led to longer survival of chronically ill children, often referred to as the “high-tech” child. As a result, emergency departments are seeing these medically-fragile patients more frequently. Patients with a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt, a tracheostomy tube, the need for chronic oxygen therapy, invasive or noninvasive ventilatory support, chronic dialysis, a gastrostomy tube (GT), or an indwelling central venous catheter (CVC), among others, are defined as technology dependent. Review of available previous medical records and contacting the medical home or primary care physician early in the patient’s course can provide information that may help guide the decision-making process. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176580587 ER -