Health-related quality of life after prolonged pediatric intensive care unit stay.

Objective: To investigate the long-term health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes for patients requiring at least 28 days of pediatric intensive care.

Design: Retrospective cohort and prospective follow-up study.

Setting: A 21-bed pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in a university-affiliated, tertiary referral pediatric hospital.