Association Between Critical Events in the PICU and Outcomes in Neighboring Patients.

ABSTRACT: PICU patients who experience critical illness events, such as intubation, are at high risk for morbidity and mortality. Little is known about the impact of these events, which require significant resources, on outcomes in other patients. Therefore, we aimed to assess the association between critical events in PICU patients and the risk of similar events in neighboring patients over the next 6 hours.

Design

Retrospective observational cohort study.

Setting

Quaternary care PICU at the University of Chicago.

Patients

All children admitted to the PICU between 2012 and 2019.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

The primary outcome was a critical event defined as the initiation of invasive ventilation, initiating vasoactive medications, cardiac arr

SUBMITTER: Arshad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9553377 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature