Impact of 24/7 In-Hospital Intensivist Coverage on Outcomes in Pediatric Intensive Care: A Multi-Center Study.

CONCLUSIONS: In this large observational study, we demonstrated that pediatric critical care provided in the ICUs staffed by 24/7 intensivist presence is associated with improved overall patient survival and survival after cardiac arrest as compared to patients treated in ICUs staffed by discretionary attending coverage. However, results from a few sensitivity analyses leave some ambiguity in these results. PMID: 27367580 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research