title: Children visit to intensive care unit.
abstract: Most hospitals only allow children above 12 years-old to visit adult intensive care unit patients. However, younger children participating in the hospitalization process manifest, through their family members, their willingness to visit their hospitalized relatives. This raises different health care team members' opinions on how to manage their visits to the intensive care unit and prevent psychological harm. Aiming to expand and support this practice, a literature review was conducted, and the children's cognitive and emotional development phases related to understanding of death studied. From this, a routine for children's visits to adult intensive care unit is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Psicologia, Clínica São Vicente, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Katya Masae Kitajima
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Larissa Teodora
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Genaro
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Psicologia, Clínica São Vicente, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Mayla Cosmo
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Monteiro