1. The influence of chronic health conditions on susceptibility to severe acute illness of children treated in PICU.
- Author
-
Mestrović J, Kardum G, Polić B, Mestrović M, Markić J, Sustić A, and Krzelj V
- Subjects
- Acute Disease, Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Child, Preschool, Croatia epidemiology, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Infant, Length of Stay, Lung Diseases epidemiology, Prospective Studies, Respiration, Artificial, Severity of Illness Index, Chronic Disease epidemiology, Developmental Disabilities epidemiology, Disease Susceptibility, Intensive Care Units, Pediatric, Patient Admission statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
Objectives: Our study aimed to assess differences in the susceptibility to severe acute illness in children with and without chronic health conditions treated in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)., Patients and Methods: Data on age, gender, need for ventilator support, length of stay, as well as other parameters for the Paediatric Index of Mortality (PIM2) score were collected. Data were analyzed and compared across three patient groups: those with a neurodevelopmental disability, those with a chronic condition other than a neurodevelopmental disability, and those with no chronic condition. Reasons for admission of patients were classified according to the Australia and New Zealand Paediatric Intensive Care Registry (ANZPIC Registry) diagnostic codes. In the multidisciplinary, seven-bed, level I PICU of the Split University Hospital, the admission data were collected prospectively for 591 consecutively admitted patients aged
- Published
- 2006
- Full Text
- View/download PDF