Recurrent Intensive Care Episodes and Mortality Among Children With Severe Neurologic Impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Children requiring care in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are known to have increased risk of subsequent mortality. Children with severe neurologic impairment (SNI)-who carry neurologic or genetic diagnoses with functional impairments and medical complexity-are frequently admitted to PICUs. Although recurrent PICU critical illness episodes (PICU-CIEs) are assumed to indicate a poor prognosis, the association between recurrent PICU-CIEs and mortality in this patient population is poorly understood.

Objective

To assess the association between number of recent PICU-CIEs and survival among children with severe neurologic impairment.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based retrospective cohort study used health administrative data from Ap

SUBMITTER: Nelson KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10943411 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature