New Morbidities During Critical Illness and Associated Risk of ICU Readmission: Virtual Pediatric Systems Cohort, 2017-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe change in Functional Status Scale (FSS) associated with critical illness and assess associated development of new morbidities with PICU readmission.

Design

Retrospective, cross-sectional cohort study using the Virtual Pediatric Systems (VPS; Los Angeles, CA) database.

Setting

One hundred twenty-six U.S. PICUs participating in VPS.

Subjects

Children younger than 21 years old admitted 2017-2020 and followed to December 2022.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Among 40,654 patients, 86.2% were classified as having good function or mild dysfunction before illness. Most patients did not have a change in their FSS category during hospitalization. Survival with new morbidity occurred most in children with baseline go

SUBMITTER: Heneghan JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11449647 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature