The Burden of Pediatric Neurocritical Care in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Disorders requiring pediatric neurocritical care (PNCC) affect thousands of children annually. We aimed to quantify the burden of PNCC through generation of national estimates of disease incidence, utilization of critical care interventions (CCI), and hospital outcomes.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of the Kids Inpatient Database over three years to evaluate pediatric traumatic brain injury, neuro-infection or inflammatory diseases, status epilepticus, stroke, hypoxic ischemic injury after cardiac arrest, and spinal cord injury. We evaluated use of CCI, death, length of stay, hospital charges, and poor functional outcome defined as receipt of tracheostomy or gastrostomy or discharge to a medical care facility.

Results

At least one CCI

SUBMITTER: Williams CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6349248 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature