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Published online October 1, 2004
PEDIATRICS Vol. 114 No. 4 October 2004, pp. 1114-1125 (doi:10.1542/peds.2004-1599)
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CLINICAL REPORT

Guidelines and Levels of Care for Pediatric Intensive Care Units

David I. Rosenberg, MD, M. Michele Moss, MD, Section on Critical Care, Committee on Hospital Care

The practice of pediatric critical care medicine has matured dramatically during the past decade. These guidelines are presented to update the existing guidelines published in 1993. Pediatric critical care services are provided in level I and level II units. Within these guidelines, the scope of pediatric critical care services is discussed, including organizational and administrative structure, hospital facilities and services, personnel, drugs and equipment, quality monitoring, and training and continuing education.

Key Words: pediatric intensive care unit • PICU • critical care services

Abbreviations: PICU, pediatric intensive care unit • EMS, emergency medical services • PALS, pediatric advanced life support


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Statement of reaffirmation:

AAP Publications Reaffirmed and Retired, February and May 2008
Pediatrics 122: 450-450. [Full Text]

The following policy statement has been revised:

Guidelines and Levels of Care for Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Pediatrics 92: 166-175.



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