International Survey of Critically Ill Children With Acute Neurologic Insults: The Prevalence of Acute Critical Neurological Disease in Children: A Global Epidemiological Assessment Study

• Published in: Pediatric critical care medicine Vol. 18; no. 4; p. 330
• Main Authors: Fink, Ericka L, Kochanek, Patrick M, Tasker, Robert C, Beca, John, Bell, Michael J, Clark, Robert S B, Hutchison, Jamie, Vavilala, Monica S, Fabio, Anthony, Angus, Derek C, Watson, R Scott
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Central Nervous System Diseases - diagnosis; Central Nervous System Diseases - epidemiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Critical Illness; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Global Health - statistics & numerical data; Heart Arrest - diagnosis; Heart Arrest - epidemiology; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Prevalence; Prognosis; Prospective Studies
• ISSN: 1529-7535
• DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001093

The international scope of critical neurologic insults in children is unknown. Our objective was to assess the prevalence and outcomes of children admitted to PICUs with acute neurologic insults. Prospective study. Multicenter (n = 107 PICUs) and multinational (23 countries, 79% in North America and...