EMpowerment of PArents in THe Intensive Care: A multicentre validation study in Japan.

Background: The importance of assessing family satisfaction in paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) is becoming increasingly recognised. The survey, EMpowerment of Parents in THe Intensive Care "EMPATHIC-30", was designed to assess family satisfaction and has been translated and implemented in several countries but not yet in Japan.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the EMPATHIC-30 questionnaire in Japanese and to identify potential factors for family-centred care satisfaction.

Physical Restraints in Critically Ill Children: A Multicenter Longitudinal Point Prevalence Study.

Objectives: We elucidate to investigate the prevalence of and factors associated with the use of physical restraints among critically ill or injured children in PICUs.

Design: This was a multicenter, longitudinal point prevalence study.

Setting: We included 26 PICUs in Japan.

The prevalence and characteristics of rapid response systems in hospitals with pediatric intensive care units in Japan and barriers to their use.

Objective: The use of pediatric rapid response systems (RRSs) to improve the safety of hospitalized children has spread in various western countries including the United States and the United Kingdom. We aimed to determine the prevalence and characteristics of pediatric RRSs and barriers to use in Japan, where epidemiological information is limited.

Design: A cross-sectional online survey.

Incidence and risk factors for readmission to a paediatric intensive care unit.

Background: Unscheduled readmission to a paediatric intensive care unit can lead to unfavourable patient outcomes. Therefore, determining the incidence and risk factors is important. Previous studies on such readmissions have only focused on the first 48 hours after discharge and described the relative risk factors as unmodifiable.