Characteristics and timing of mortality in children dying in pediatric intensive care: a 5-year experience

Autor:	Edin Botan, Emrah Gün, Emine Kübra Şden, Cansu Yöndem, Anar Gurbanov, Burak Balaban, Fevzi Kahveci, Hasan Özen, Hacer Uçmak, Ali Genco Gençay, Tanil Kendirli
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	cause of death children extracorporeal membrane oxygenation mortality pediatric intensive care units sepsis Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid RC86-88.9
Zdroj:	Acute and Critical Care, Vol 37, Iss 4, Pp 644-653 (2022)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2586-6052 2586-6060
DOI:	10.4266/acc.2022.00395
Popis:	Background Pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), where children with critical illnesses are treated, require considerable manpower and technological infrastructure in order to keep children alive and free from sequelae. Methods In this retrospective comparative cohort study, hospital records of patients aged 1 month to 18 years who died in the study PICU between January 2015 and December 2019 were reviewed. Results A total of 2,781 critically ill children were admitted to the PICU. The mean±standard deviation age of 254 nonsurvivors was 64.34±69.48 months. The mean PICU length of stay was 17 days (range, 1–205 days), with 40 children dying early (
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