A national survey of current practice on patients with long term and additional needs in paediatric intensive care units.
Sofia Cuevas-AsturiasDevika ArambepolaHelen CunninghamJames FraserPublished in: Nursing in critical care (2024)
Opportunities exist to improve PICU care in LEAP patients in areas such as: streamlined care pathways, designated clinical areas, designated funding, and development of defined collaborative roles. Next steps may involve working group convention to develop a consensus definition and share good practice examples.
Keyphrases
- quality improvement
- healthcare
- intensive care unit
- end stage renal disease
- primary care
- palliative care
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- emergency department
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- mechanical ventilation
- patient reported outcomes
- chronic pain
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation