Jerry J Zimmerman, Kanwaljeet J S Anand, Kathleen L Meert, Douglas F Willson, Christopher J L Newth, Rick Harrison, Joseph A Carcillo, John Berger, Tammara L Jenkins, Carol Nicholson, J Michael Dean
OBJECTIVES: Excellence in clinical care coupled with basic and applied research reflects the maturation of a medical subspecialty, advances that field, and provides objective data for identifying best practices. PICUs are uniquely suited for conducting translational and clinical research. In addition, multiple investigations have reported that a majority of parents are interested in their children's participation in clinical research, even when the research offers no direct benefit to their child...
January 2016: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine