Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness: Validation, Prevalence, and Impact in a Children’s Hospital
CONCLUSIONS:
Pediatric chronic critical illness patients occupied more than one third of the ICU beds and have five times longer stay. This mounting load needs to be uniformly defined, addressed at regional and national levels, and considered in the current pandemic planning.
Source: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Online Brief Reports Source Type: research
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