TY - JOUR
T1 - Admission, discharge and triage guidelines for paediatric intensive care units in Spain
AU - en representación de la Asociación Española de Pediatría (AEP), Sociedad Española de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos (SECIP) y Sociedad Española de Medicina Intensiva, Crítica y Unidades Coronarias (SEMICYUC)
AU - de la Oliva, Pedro
AU - Cambra-Lasaosa, Francisco José
AU - Quintana-Díaz, Manuel
AU - Rey-Galán, Corsino
AU - Sánchez-Díaz, Juan Ignacio
AU - Martín-Delgado, María Cruz
AU - de Carlos-Vicente, Juan Carlos
AU - Hernández-Rastrollo, Ramón
AU - Holanda-Peña, María Soledad
AU - Pilar-Orive, Francisco Javier
AU - Ocete-Hita, Esther
AU - Rodríguez-Núñez, Antonio
AU - Serrano-González, Ana
AU - Blanch, Luis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - A paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a separate physical facility or unit specifically designed for the treatment of paediatric patients who, because of the severity of illness or other life-threatening conditions, require comprehensive and continuous inten-sive care by a medical team with special skills in paediatric intensive care medicine. Timely and personal intervention in intensive care reduces mortality, reduces length of stay, and decreases cost of care. With the aim of defending the right of the child to receive the highest attainable standard of health and the facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation, as well as ensuring the quality of care and the safety of critically ill paediatric patients, the Spanish Association of Paediatrics (AEP), Spanish Society of Paediatric Intensive Care (SECIP) and Spanish Society of Critical Care (SEMICYUC) have approved the guidelines for the admission, discharge and triage for Spanish PICUs. By using these guidelines, the performance of Spanish paediatric intensive care units can be optimised and paediatric patients can receive the appropriate level of care for their clinical condition.
AB - A paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is a separate physical facility or unit specifically designed for the treatment of paediatric patients who, because of the severity of illness or other life-threatening conditions, require comprehensive and continuous inten-sive care by a medical team with special skills in paediatric intensive care medicine. Timely and personal intervention in intensive care reduces mortality, reduces length of stay, and decreases cost of care. With the aim of defending the right of the child to receive the highest attainable standard of health and the facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation, as well as ensuring the quality of care and the safety of critically ill paediatric patients, the Spanish Association of Paediatrics (AEP), Spanish Society of Paediatric Intensive Care (SECIP) and Spanish Society of Critical Care (SEMICYUC) have approved the guidelines for the admission, discharge and triage for Spanish PICUs. By using these guidelines, the performance of Spanish paediatric intensive care units can be optimised and paediatric patients can receive the appropriate level of care for their clinical condition.
KW - Admission criteria
KW - Benefits from paediatric intensive care
KW - Critically ill paediatric patient
KW - Discharge criteria
KW - Paediatric critical care
KW - Paediatric intensive care unit
KW - Patient safety
KW - Quality of care
KW - Timely access to care
KW - Triage
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045736289&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.medin.2017.10.015
DO - 10.1016/j.medin.2017.10.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 29699643
AN - SCOPUS:85045736289
SN - 0210-5691
VL - 42
SP - 235
EP - 246
JO - Medicina Intensiva
JF - Medicina Intensiva
IS - 4
ER -