Abstract
We conducted a survey of critically-ill pediatric patients less than sixteen years old, who admitted in all departments (15 hospitals, 24 departments) treating them in Kumamoto prefecture in 2010. The response rate was 96%, and the number of critically-ill pediatric patients was 386 (1.44/1,000 less than sixteen years old). This incidence is equivalent to that reported in foreign countries and Japan; therefore, it could be used as a basis for determining the number of beds required in PICU in Japan in the future.
