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Parental presence in Italian pediatric intensive care units: a reappraisal of current visiting policies

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Members of ODIN (Open Doors in INtensive care) Study Group 2

Maria Pia Dusio, Marta Greggio (PICU, Presidio Ospedaliero Infantile “Cesare Arrigo”, Alessandria, Italy); Ignazia Laganà, Ilenia Falcioni (PICU, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Presidio Ospedaliero “G. Salesi”, Ancona, Italy); Luana Grieco, Fabio Gentile (Cardiac Surgery PICU, Ospedaliero Pediatrico “Giovanni XXIII”, Bari, Italy); Ezio Bonanomi, Giuliana Vitali (PICU, Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy); Maria Cristina Mondardini, Rossella Lazzarini (PICU, Policlinico Sant’Orsola Malpighi, Bologna, Italy); Antonietta Fucà, Geltrude Gulino (Cardiac surgery PICU, Policlinico Sant’Orsola Malpighi, Bologna, Italy); Patrizia Barzini, Mariarosa Scalfi (PICU, Spedali Civili di Brescia-Ospedale dei Bambini, Brescia, Italy); Fiammetta Altadonna, Silvana Vitali (PICU, Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale e di Alta Specializzazione-Garibaldi. Presidio Ospedaliero Garibaldi-Nesima, Catania, Italy); Michele Pennica, Chiara Albina (PICU, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria “A. Meyer”, Florence, Italy); Alessia Franceschi, Valentina Giorgini Pasinato (PICU, Istituto “Gianna Gaslini”, Genoa, Italy); Elisa Barberi, Francesca Nardini (Cardiac surgery PICU, Fondazione Gabriele Monasterio, Ospedale del Cuore “G. Pasquinucci”, Massa, Italy); Elena Zoia, Roberta Deodato (PICU, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Ospedale dei Bambini ”V. Buzzi”, Milan, Italy); Tiziana Marchesi, Mario Madeo (PICU, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy); Maria Pia Gagliardone, Elisa Ghezzi (Cardiac Surgery ICU, Ospedale Niguarda, Milan, Italy); Giuseppe Isgrò, Stefania Mangiatordi (Cardiac surgery PICU, Centro Cardiovascolare “E. Malan”, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy); Maria Storti, Marianna Sorrentino (PICU, Ospedale “Santobono”, Naples, Italy); Maria Teresa Palladino, Flavia Longobardo (Cardiac surgery PICU, Ospedale “Monaldi”, Naples, Italy); Andrea Pettenazzo, Cristina Zaggia (PICU, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padua, Italy); Giancarlo Coffaro, Antonella Contino (PICU, Presidio Ospedaliero “G. Di Cristina”-Ospedale dei Bambini, Palermo, Italy); Silvia Pulitanò, Stefania Piazza (PICU, Policlinico “A. Gemelli”, Rome, Italy); Roberto Bianchi, Marina Franci (PICU, Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù”, Rome, Italy); Corrado Cecchetti, Federica Cancani (PICU-Emergency Department, Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù”, Rome, Italy); Ulrike Inge Elisabeth Schloderer, Sabrina Timpani (Cardiac surgery PICU, Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù”, Rome, Italy); Maurizio Corbari, Michela Di Furia (PICU, Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù”, Palidoro, Italy); Anna Ruggeri, Paola Papoff (PICU, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy); Nadia Grasso, Giuseppe Trischitta (Cardiac surgery PICU, Centro Cardiologico Pediatrico Mediterraneo, Presidio Ospedaliero San Vincenzo, Taormina, Italy); Alessandra Conio, Massimiliano Spiccia (PICU, Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita, Turin, Italy); Stefania Iannandrea, Paola Bruna (Cardiac surgery PICU, Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita, Turin, Italy); Stefano Furlan, Adriana Micali, Sara Buchini (PICU, Ospedale Infantile IRCCS “Burlo Garofalo”, Trieste, Italy); Paolo Biban, Chiara Tosin (PICU, Ospedale Civile Maggiore-Borgo Trento, Verona, Italy). This study was supported by ABN (Associazione per il Bambino Nefropatico, Milan, Italy) and by Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (Milan, Italy).

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  1. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via della Commenda, 9, 20122, Milan, Italy

    Alberto Giannini & Edi Prandi

  2. Unit of Clinical and Descriptive Epidemiology, Istituto per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica-ISPO, Via Cosimo il Vecchio, 2, 50139, Florence, Italy

    Guido Miccinesi

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Consortia

ODIN Study Group 2

  • Maria Pia Dusio
  • , Marta Greggio
  • , Ignazia Laganà
  • , Ilenia Falcioni
  • , Luana Grieco
  • , Fabio Gentile
  • , Ezio Bonanomi
  • , Giuliana Vitali
  • , Maria Cristina Mondardini
  • , Rossella Lazzarini
  • , Antonietta Fucà
  • , Geltrude Gulino
  • , Patrizia Barzini
  • , Mariarosa Scalfi
  • , Fiammetta Altadonna
  • , Silvana Vitali
  • , Michele Pennica
  • , Chiara Albina
  • , Alessia Franceschi
  • , Valentina Giorgini Pasinato
  • , Elisa Barberi
  • , Francesca Nardini
  • , Elena Zoia
  • , Roberta Deodato
  • , Tiziana Marchesi
  • , Mario Madeo
  • , Maria Pia Gagliardone
  • , Elisa Ghezzi
  • , Giuseppe Isgrò
  • , Stefania Mangiatordi
  • , Maria Storti
  • , Marianna Sorrentino
  • , Maria Teresa Palladino
  • , Flavia Longobardo
  • , Andrea Pettenazzo
  • , Cristina Zaggia
  • , Giancarlo Coffaro
  • , Antonella Contino
  • , Silvia Pulitanò
  • , Stefania Piazza
  • , Roberto Bianchi
  • , Marina Franci
  • , Corrado Cecchetti
  • , Federica Cancani
  • , Ulrike Inge Elisabeth Schloderer
  • , Sabrina Timpani
  • , Maurizio Corbari
  • , Michela Di Furia
  • , Anna Ruggeri
  • , Paola Papoff
  • , Nadia Grasso
  • , Giuseppe Trischitta
  • , Alessandra Conio
  • , Massimiliano Spiccia
  • , Stefania Iannandrea
  • , Paola Bruna
  • , Stefano Furlan
  • , Adriana Micali
  • , Sara Buchini
  • , Paolo Biban
  •  & Chiara Tosin

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Giannini, A., Miccinesi, G., Prandi, E. et al. Parental presence in Italian pediatric intensive care units: a reappraisal of current visiting policies. Intensive Care Med 43, 458–459 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4628-5

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