Effects of critical illness on the functional status of children with a history of prematurity.

Millene Albeche Peduce Vanessa Campes Dannenberg Paula Maria Eidt Rovedder Paulo Roberto Antonaccio Carvalho

Published in: Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva (2023)

Most patients showed a functional decline at discharge from the pediatric intensive care unit. Although preterm patients had a greater functional decline at discharge, sedation and mechanical ventilation duration influenced functional status among patients born at term.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
intensive care unit
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
preterm infants
prognostic factors
acute respiratory distress syndrome
low birth weight
gestational age