INTRODUCTION Pediatric critical illness is a rare event. Crow et al. recently showed how unusual it is for a child to be admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).() Although infrequent from a population-based standpoint, common PICU conditions (such as sepsis) represent an international threat, and significant disparities in outcomes still prevail in resource-limited […]
INTRODUCTION Pediatric critical illness is a rare event. Crow et al. recently showed how unusual it is for a child to be admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).() Although infrequent from a population-based standpoint, common PICU conditions (such as sepsis) represent an international threat, and significant disparities in outcomes still prevail in resource-limited […]