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Should paediatric intensive care be centralised?

April 26, 2017centralised Intensive paediatric

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Should paediatric intensive care be centralised?

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The mortality rate is lower among children admitted to specialist paediatric intensive care units (ICUs) than among those admitted to mixed adult and paediatric units in non-tertiary hospitals. In the UK, however, few children receive intensive care in specialist paediatric units. We compared the ICU mortality rate in children from the area of the Trent Health Authority, UK, with the rate in children from Victoria, Australia, where paediatric intensive care is highly centralised.