Prevalence and risk factors associated within 48-hour unplanned paediatric intensive care unit readmissions: An integrative review.

Background: Unplanned paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) readmission is associated with increased morbidity/mortality, hospital length of stay, and health service cost and is recognised as a key performance indicator of quality-of-care delivery. However, research evidence on unplanned PICU readmission risk factors is limited, and results were inconsistent across studies.

Aim: The aim of this experiment was to collate and synthesise unplanned within-48-h PICU readmission prevalence and associated risk factors.