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A Note on Comfort in Pediatric Critical Care: Music and Mechanical Ventilation*

Year: 2020

Type: editorial

Abstract: Admission into a PICU can be a highly stressful experience, with up to 62% of children demonstrating posttraumatic stress symptoms following a PICU admission (1).Children needing invasive and/or painful procedures during their PICU stay are particularly at increased risk of these sequelae, with most requiring titration of pain and sedation medications to facilitate care.Caregiver and provider concern for the unclear impact of pain and sedative medications on the developing brain and increased health risks (e.g., physiologic instability, ICU acquired weakness, withdrawal and dependence, delirium, and long-term health outcomes) are energizing interest trials investigating ancillary approaches to comfort (2, 3).It is therefore crucial to explore and validate nonpharmacologic interventions toward child comfort in the PICU to alleviate some of these hazards.

Source: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002168

Authors: Jessica M. Jarvis, Ericka L. Fink

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Music Therapy and Health

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development