Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jul 2004
Congenital neurodevelopmental diagnoses and an intensive care unit: defining a population.
To identify and describe the population of children with congenital or perinatally acquired neurodevelopmental diagnoses in a pediatric intensive care unit and to assess the nature and extent of their utilization of critical care resources. ⋯ Children with congenital or perinatally acquired neurodevelopmental diagnoses represented nearly one quarter of all pediatric intensive care unit admissions at a tertiary academic center. This population has substantial ongoing medical needs, requiring utilization of intensive care resources. More rigorous investigations are needed to determine the effect of this burgeoning population in pediatric critical care, to optimize their care, and to meet the comprehensive needs of their families.
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To determine both the number of cardiac intensivists being trained by member institutions of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and the perceived need for these professionals. ⋯ There is a discrepancy between the current and growing need for trained pediatric cardiac intensivists and the graduation rate of these professionals from teaching programs.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jul 2004
Factors contributing to successful discontinuation from inhaled nitric oxide therapy in pediatric patients after congenital cardiac surgery.
To investigate variables that contribute to successful discontinuation from inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy in children after surgical repair of congenital heart disease. ⋯ Longer continuation (>72 hrs) and lower final concentration (<2 ppm) represent factors contributing to successful discontinuation of iNO therapy in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery, specifically for children with left-to-right shunt correction.