OBJECTIVE. We sought to inform decision-making for children and families by describing
what is known and remains unknown about the impact of childhood critical illness and injury …

Objective: To describe the characteristics of children admitted to intensive care in 1982,
1995, and 2005–2006, and their long-term outcome. Setting: Pediatric intensive care unit in …

Background With paediatric patients, deciding whether to withhold/withdraw life-sustaining
treatments (LST) at the end of life is difficult and ethically sensitive. Little is understood about …

OBJECTIVES: The objectives are to describe health outcomes and hospital resource use of
children after tracheotomy and identify patient characteristics that correlate with outcomes …

Objective. Approximately 60% of deaths in pediatric intensive care units follow limitation or
withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (LST). We aimed to describe the circumstances …

A survey of the emerging field of neuroethics that calls for a multidisciplinary, pragmatic
approach for tackling key issues and improving patient care. Today the measurable health …

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential part of modern intensive care medicine. MV is
performed in patients with severe respiratory failure caused by respiratory muscle …

Objectives To identify children at risk for in-hospital mortality following tracheotomy. Design
Retrospective cohort study. Setting 25 746 876 US hospitalisations for children within the …

Beatmungstherapie stellt einen zentralen und wesentlichen Bestandteil der modernen
Intensivmedizin dar. Sie kommt bei Patienten mit schwerer respiratorischer Insuffizienz …

Objective The purpose was to investigate physicians' perceptions of the role of European
intensive care nurses in end-of-life decision making. Design This study was part of a larger …