Reframing pediatric cardiac intensive care outcomes: The importance of the family and the role of pediatric medical traumatic stress

With mortality in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) low at 2 –4%, the majority of children survive their admission. While the CICU experience is often part of a broader story of living with and managing cardiac disease, many children are impacted by CICU experience with changes to their physical health, neurocognition, psychological health, and quality of l ife. Risk factors for poor outcomes after a CICU admission include potentially fixed and immutable factors such as congenital heart disease severity, therapeutic interventions, and hospitalization characteristics.
Source: Progress in Pediatric Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research