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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