Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Dec 2021
Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness: Validation, Prevalence, and Impact in a Children's Hospital.
Large populations of chronically critically ill patients test the critical care system's resource utilization ability. Defining and tracking this group is necessary for census predictions. ⋯ Pediatric chronic critical illness patients occupied more than one third of the ICU beds and have five times longer stay. This mounting load needs to be uniformly defined, addressed at regional and national levels, and considered in the current pandemic planning.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Dec 2021
ICU Admission in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Sweden: Prevalence, Outcome, and Risk Factors.
Despite progress in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia, severe complications are common, and the need of supportive care is high. We explored the cumulative prevalence, clinical risk factors, and outcomes of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, on first-line leukemia treatment in the ICUs in Sweden. ⋯ The need for intensive care in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, especially for children with T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and CNS leukemia, is high with most admissions occurring during early treatment.