Clinical Trial: Surviving the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

U.S., Feb. 7 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06812130) titled 'Surviving the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)' on Jan. 16.

Brief Summary: Improvement in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) supportive care has led to improvement in clinical outcomes and decreased mortality in pediatric critical illness. However, PICU survivors are at risk of long-term health sequalae. Given the increased recognition of physical, cognitive, and psychological sequelae in PICU survivors, the concept of post-intensive care syndrome-pediatrics (PICS-p) has been proposed. Besides the PICU patient/survivor, the PICS-p framework also highlights the impacts of a child's critical illness has on the family. The impact ...