Why is "early childhood intensive care" an Italian association of neonatology study group?

Nicola Pozzi, Gabriella D'Angelo, Eloisa Gitto, Gruppo di Studio Terapia Intensiva della Prima Infanzia della SIN, Nicola Pozzi, Gabriella D'Angelo, Eloisa Gitto, Gruppo di Studio Terapia Intensiva della Prima Infanzia della SIN

Abstract

To date, a large number of children are hospitalized inappropriately in adult intensive care units, where the minimum standards of care are not applied to young patients. It is well-known that the child is not a small adult. Recently it has been demonstrated that critically ill children hospitalized in pediatric intensive care receive higher quality of care, and have better outcomes, besides a lower mortality rate, compared to those admitted to adult intensive care units.We believe that the management of the critically ill child is an area of expertise of the neonatologist, who however must acquire specific skills and abilities of pediatric intensive medicine. The new idea of care is to offer in general hospitals 'broader' Neonatal Intensive Care Units, extended to infants and children in early childhood, based on territorial macro-areas and/or population of competence.

Keywords: Critically ill children; Neonatal intensive care unit; Newborn; Pediatric intensive therapy.

Conflict of interest statement

Ethics approval and consent to participate

Not applicable.

Consent for publication

Not applicable.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Publisher’s Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Critilcally ill children hospitalized and managed in a Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in San Pio Hospital (Benevento)

References

    1. WHO. Global Health Observatory Data. 2017. (cited 23 october 2018).
    1. Cogo PE, et al. Outcome of children admitted to adult intensive care units in Italy between 2003 and 2007. Intensive Care Med. 2010;36:1403–1409. doi: 10.1007/s00134-010-1914-5.
    1. Embu HY, et al. Paediatric admissions and outcome in a general intensive care unit. Afr J Paediatr Surg. 2011;8(1):57–61. doi: 10.4103/0189-6725.78670.
    1. Italian Pediatric Intensive Care Units Network (TIPNet) in collaboration with Italian Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Anesthesia and Intensive Care (SARNePI) and CINECA. Report of the years 2010 – 2014. .
    1. Racca F, et al. Invasive and non-invasive long-term mechanical ventilation in Italian children. Minerva Anestesiol. 2011;77(9):892–901.
    1. Jensen AMB, et al. Paediatric intensive care is feasible in a neonatal department. Dan Med J. 2013;60(1):A4565.
    1. Biban P. and Spaggiari S. “Cohabitation” between NICU and PICU. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 2011; 24(S(1)): 91–93.

Source: PubMed

Sponsorer och medarbetare

Medicinska tillstånd

Läkemedelsinterventioner

3
Prenumerera