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Health-related quality of life of children and their parents 2 years after critical illness
Background: Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) survivors are at risk for prolonged morbidities interfering with daily
life. The current study examined parent-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in former critically ill children
and parents themselves and aimed to determine whether withholding parenteral nutrition (PN) in the first week of
critical illness affected children’s and parents’ HRQoL 2 years later.
Methods: Children who participated in the pediatric early versus late parenteral nutrition in critical illness (PEPaNIC)
trial and who were testable 2 years later (n = 1158) were included. Their HRQoL outcomes were compared with 405
matched healthy controls. At PICU admission, childre
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