Ten recommendations for child-friendly visiting policies in critical care

For many years, there has been a debate about whether children  and  adolescents  are  allowed  to  visit  their  sick parents, grandparents, siblings, and others in the intensive  care  unit  (ICU).  Whereas  worldwide  visiting regulations in paediatric ICUs are mostly open for children’s  visits,  very  heterogeneous  policies  exist  in  ICUs for  adult  patients.  Children,  defined  as  infants, toddlers,  school-age  children,  and  adolescents  from  0 to 17 years, are part of the whole family and when it comes to family-centred care, the question arises: do we let them in?

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