Pediatric intensive care unit admissions network-rationale, framework and method of operation of a nationwide collaborative pediatric intensive care research network in Germany

• Main Authors: Nora Bruns (Author), Christian Dohna-Schwake (Author), Martin Olivieri (Author), Michael S. Urschitz (Author), Susanne Blomenkamp (Author), Clara Frosch (Author), Victoria Lieftüchter (Author), Markos K. Tomidis Chatzimanouil (Author), Florian Hoffmann (Author), Sebastian Brenner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Admissions (PIA) network aims to establish a nationwide database in Germany to gather epidemiological, clinical, and outcome data on pediatric critical illness. The heterogeneity of pediatric patients in intensive care units (PICU) poses challenges in obtaining suff...