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In the eye of the storm: impact of COVID-19 pandemic on admission patterns to paediatric intensive care units in the UK and Eire
- Source :
- Critical Care, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Abstract Background The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic had a relatively minimal direct impact on critical illness in children compared to adults. However, children and paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) were affected indirectly. We analysed the impact of the pandemic on PICU admission patterns and patient characteristics in the UK and Ireland. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of all admissions to PICUs in children
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13648535 and 67786146
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Critical Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.677861465c5f499f835ffb3cd6e65380
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-021-03779-z