Abstract:Objectives
Infants receiving care from neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can develop chronic problems and be transferred to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for on-going care. There is concern that such infants may take up a large amount of PICU resource, but this is not evidence based. We determined the impact of such transfers.
Methods
We reviewed 10 years of NICU admissions to two tertiary PICUs, which had approxi… Show more
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