OPTICAL

Optimising Paediatric Transition to Intensive Care for AduLts

Children with complex health care needs are frequently admitted to children's ICUs for life saving treatment. Advances in medical care and treatment mean that this group are now living longer lives. OPTICAL will gather data to inform how we can improve the quality, safety and experience of medical care for teenagers and young adults with complex health conditions when they are admitted to adult intensive care units.

OPTICAL is funded by the NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme. A summary of the project can be found on the NIHR website. 

People

• OPTICAL is lead by Sonya Crowe (University College London) and Padmanabhan Ramnarayan (Imperial College London).
• Sarah Seaton (University of Leicester) represents the Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network and brings data linkage expertise to one of the workstreams