Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Visiting Policies: A Worldwide Survey.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to evaluate pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) visiting policies around the world and how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected these policies, due to concerns relating to a viral transmission. A web-based international survey was designed and disseminated through social networks, emails, or direct messages. Two hundred forty-one answers were received. From these, 26 were excluded (13 due to missing location and 13 duplicated answers), resulting in a final number of 215 answers. Europe accounted for 35% of responses ( n  = 77), South America 22.4% ( n  = 49), North America 19% ( n  = 41), Asia 16.5% ( n  = 36), Central America 2.7% ( n  = 6), Oceania, and Africa 2.2% each ( n  = 5 each). Befor

SUBMITTER: Camporesi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11379527 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature