Advanced Technology in Pediatric Intensive Care Units: Have They Improved Outcomes?
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Newborn Medicine Program, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Abstract:
In medicine, providers strive to produce quality outcomes and work to continually improve those outcomes. Whether it is reducing cost, decreasing length of stay, mitigating nosocomial infections, or improving survival, there are a myriad of complex factors that contribute to each outcome. One of the greatest challenges to outcome improvement is in pediatric intensive care units, which tend to host the sickest, most complex, smallest, and frailest of pediatric patients. This article highlights some studies and advances in informatics that have influenced intensive care unit outcomes.
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