Jornal de pediatria
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Jornal de pediatria · Jan 2016
Multicenter Study Observational StudyPainful procedures and analgesia in the NICU: what has changed in the medical perception and practice in a ten-year period?
To compare the use of analgesia versus neonatologists' perception regarding analgesic use in painful procedures in the years 2001, 2006, and 2011. ⋯ Despite an increase in the medical perception of neonatal pain and in analgesic use during painful procedures, the gap between clinical practice and neonatologist perception of analgesia need did not change during the ten-year period.
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Jornal de pediatria · Jan 2016
Observational StudyEchocardiography in PICU: when the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Echocardiography has become an indispensable bedside diagnostic tool in the realm of pediatric intensive care units (PICU). It has proven to be an influential factor in the formula of clinical decision-making. This study aimed to delineate the impact of echocardiography on the management of critically ill pediatric patients in the PICU at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman. ⋯ Echocardiography had a significant impact on the management of PICU patients. Such salutary effect was consequently reflected on the outcome. Pediatric intensivists are encouraged to acquire such bedside skill.