Article: Children with life-limiting conditions in paediatric intensive care units

This study aimed to determine how many children are admitted to PICU with life-limiting conditions (LLC) and their outcomes. The study found that children with a LLC accounted for the majority of admissions, bed-days and deaths in PICU; children  with a LCC were 75% more likely to die in PICU than those without a LLC, and there was a 93% survival at 1 year for children with a LCC. 

Fraser, L. & Parslow, L. 2018.  Children with life-limiting conditions in paediatric intensive care units: a national cohort, data linkage study.  Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 103 (6) p 540 - 542.

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