Organisation of care in paediatric intensive care units during the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The emergence of COVID-19 has had a significant impact on hospital services, particularly care delivered to those in intensive care units (ICUs) and paediatric ICUs (PICUs) across the world. Although much has been written about healthcare delivery and the healthcare setting since COVID-19 began, to the authors' knowledge, this is the first scoping review to investigate the organisation of care and changes implemented in PICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to conduct a scoping review of the literature to map out the existing studies about care delivery in PICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic and the changes made to the organisation of care in these units during the first 18 months of the pandemic. This review will also identify gaps in current knowledge in this

SUBMITTER: Hill K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9133726 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature