Samsung Medical Center Reports Findings in Information Technology (Rehabilitation in critically ill children: Findings from the Korean National Health Insurance database): Information Technology

2022 APR 13 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Information Technology Business Daily -- New research on Information Technology is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Intensive care unit (ICU) survivors suffer from physical weakness and challenges returning to daily life. With the importance of rehabilitating patients in the pediatric intensive care unit being increasingly recognized, we evaluated the prevalence of physical and occupational therapy (PT/OT)-provided rehabilitation and factors affecting its use.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Samsung Medical Center, “We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of rehabilitation between 2013 and 2019 using the Korean National Health Insurance database. All patients aged 28 days to 18 years who had been admitted to 245 ICUs for more than 2 days were included. Neonatal ICUs were excluded. Of 13,276 patients, 2,447 (18%) received PT/OT-provided rehabilitation during their hospitalization; prevalence was lowest for patients younger than 3 years (11%). Neurologic patients were most likely to receive rehabilitation (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 6.47; 95% confidence interval [CI], 5.11-8.20). Longer ICU stay (versus 1 week) was associated with rehabilitation (aOR for 1-2 weeks, 3.50 [95% CI, 3.04-4.03]; 2-3 weeks, 6.60 [95% CI, 5.45-8.00]; >3 weeks, 13.69 [95% CI, 11.46-16.35]). Mechanical ventilation >2 days (aOR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.67-0.91) and hemodialysis (aOR, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.41-0.52) were negatively affecting factors. Prevalence of rehabilitation for critically ill children was low and concentrated on patients with a prolonged ICU stay.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The finding that mechanical ventilation, a risk factor for ICU-acquired weakness, was an obstacle to rehabilitation highlights the need for studies on early preventive rehabilitation based on individual patient needs.”

For more information on this research see: Rehabilitation in critically ill children: Findings from the Korean National Health Insurance database. PLOS ONE, 2022;17(3). PLOS ONE can be contacted at: Public Library Science, 1160 Battery Street, Ste 100, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA. (Public Library of Science - www.plos.org; PLOS ONE - www.plosone.org)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Hyejeong Park, Center for Clinical Epidemiology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Joongbum Cho, Danbee Kang, Esther Park, Chi Ryang Chung, Juhee Cho and Sapna R. Kudchadkar.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266360. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher of the journal PLOS ONE can be contacted at: Public Library Science, 1160 Battery Street, Ste 100, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA.

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