Transitions from short to long-term outcomes in pediatric critical care: considerations for clinical practice.

ABSTRACT: Most children are surviving critical illness in highly resourced pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). However, in research studies, many of these children survive with multi-domain health sequelae that has the potential to affect development over many years, termed post-intensive care syndrome-pediatrics (PICS-p). Clinically, there are no recommendations for the assessment and follow-up of children with critical illness as exists for the premature neonatal and congenital heart disease populations. In research studies, primary and secondary outcomes are largely assessed at or prior to hospital discharge, disregarding post-hospital outcomes important to PICU stakeholders. Incorporating longer term outcomes into clinical and research programs, however, can no longer be overlooked. Barriers

SUBMITTER: Long DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8578758 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature