SITE DESCRIPTION
The PICUBASICS mnemonic was developed by pediatric chronic care and critical
care specialists at SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, and the
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY to assist with the diagnosis and
management of acute illness in children who have chronic conditions. The
PICUBASICS mnemonic can also be used to identify avoidable morbidity in children
who have chronic conditions and to improve the quality of their chronic health
care.
The ten PICUBASICS categories include biomedical as well as psychosocial and
system level factors that may contribute to acute illness in children who have
chronic conditions:
- Pharmacy
- Implantable Devices/Assistive Technology
- Condition-specific Complications
- Unmet Service Needs
- Behavior
- Abuse
- Sedation
- Information Sharing
- Calories/Nutrition
- Support Family Caregivers
FEATURES OF THE PICUBASICS WEBSITE
The PICUBASICS website provides Internet links to resources for
each of the PICUBASICS categories. A PICUBASICS checklist can be
downloaded from the website to generate a patient-specific problem list and to
coordinate discharge planning. The Emergency Information Form for Children
with Special Health Care Needs (developed by the American Academy of
Pediatrics and American College of Emergency Physicians) can also be downloaded
from the PICUBASICS website. The goal of the PICUBASICS project is to promote
information sharing between acute and chronic health care providers.
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