ArticlePloS one2019
Long-stay patients in pediatric intensive care unit: Diagnostic-specific definition and predictors.
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- Continuity Strategies for Long-Stay PICU Patients: Consensus Statements From the Lucile Packard Foundation PICU Continuity Panel.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2023Review
- Factors Associated with the Outcome of a Pediatric Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit in Resource-Limited Setup: Cross-Sectional Study.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2023Article
- Comparison of clinical characteristics and healthcare resource use of pediatric chronic and non-chronic critically ill patients in intensive care units: a retrospective national registry study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Long Stay and Frequent Readmission in the Pediatric Intensive Care in The Netherlands; 15-Year Time Trends.Critical care explorations · 2022Article
- A comparative two-cohort study of pediatric patients with long term stay in ICUs.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Sources of Stress, Family Functioning, and Needs of Families With a Chronic Critically Ill Child: A Qualitative Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Clinical Analysis and Management of Long-Stay Patients.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Long-stay patients in pediatric intensive care units. Five-years, 2-points, cross-sectional study.Saudi medical journal · 2020Article
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Abstract
aimsTo stipulate a new definition for long-stay patients (LSPs) in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). We defined LSPs as the 10% of patients with the longest PICU length-of-stay (LOS) for each age and diagnostic group. To assess whether the thresholds (days of PICU stay) for the definition of LSPs in PICU significantly differ among diagnostic and age categories. To determine whether independent associations exist between patients' characteristics at admission and LSPs diagnosis in pre-specified diagnostic and age groups.
methodsThis was a multicenter retrospective cohort study including all PICUs in Switzerland. Multivariable regression analysis was used to seek for association between patients' variables at admission and LSPs.
resultsWe included 22,284 patients with a median (IQR) age of 12 (1-84) months. Significantly different thresholds across diagnostic and age subgroups are identified. Readmission to PICU, higher PIM2 and NEMS (a score used to quantify nursing workload at intensive care unit level) at admission were associated with higher likelihood of becoming LSPs.
conclusionsOur results showed a significantly different definitions of LSPs for specific diagnoses and age categories. Readmission to PICU and higher acuity at admission are associated with longer PICU length-of-stay in the majority of diagnostic groups. A more personalized definition of LSPs in children based on actual patients' characteristics should probably be used in an effort to optimize care and reduce costs.
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