Palliative Care for NICU Survivors with Chronic Critical Illness

The sickest of NICU survivors develop chronic critical illness (CCI). Most infants with CCI will leave the NICU using chronic medical technology and will experience repeated rehospitalizations. The unique issues for these NICU graduates — escalating chronic medical technologies, fractured post-NICU healthcare, gaps in home health services, and family strain—are common and predictable. This means that raising family and NICU team awareness of these issues, and putting plans in place to address them, should occur for every NICU i nfant with CCI.
Source: Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Source Type: research