Parent and Provider Perspectives on Short-Term Outcomes of Critically Ill Ventilated Children

In a study that directly assessed family and provider preferences of nonmortality outcomes, we found that duration of invasive ventilation is indeed a patient- and family-centered outcome measure, while LOS is less prioritized in intubated PICU patients. This suggests that composites based on ventilator duration, such as VFDs, are indeed patient-centered.