Erschienen in:
01.07.2015 | Editorial
Tools for revealing uncomfortable truths? Measuring child-centred health-related quality of life after paediatric intensive care
verfasst von:
Rachel S. Agbeko, Jeffrey P. Burns, Mark J. Peters
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 7/2015
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Excerpt
The benefits of paediatric intensive care units (PICU) are self-evident. Mortality rates for critically children have declined dramatically [
1]. The greatest gains are occurring in higher-risk groups in whom the appropriateness of critical care was previously questioned. For example, those with malignancies [
2] fare better and require a more optimistic approach than hitherto thought [
3]. …