Unplanned Admissions, Emergency Department Visits, and Epilepsy After Critical Neurological Illness Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Children.
Matthew B SpearKristen MillerCraig PressChristopher RuzasJaime LaVellePeter M MouraniTellen D BennettAline B MadduxPublished in: The Neurohospitalist (2022)
Survivors of pediatric neurocritical illness are at risk of unplanned healthcare use and post-ICU epilepsy. Critical illness risk factors including prolonged ICU stay and acute seizures may identify cohorts for targeted follow up or interventions to prevent unplanned healthcare use and post-ICU epilepsy.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- respiratory failure
- healthcare
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- emergency department
- risk factors
- young adults
- temporal lobe epilepsy
- liver failure
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- physical activity
- cancer therapy
- drug delivery
- drug induced
- brain injury
- cerebral ischemia