Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2012
Multicenter StudyCritically ill children with pandemic influenza (H1N1) in pediatric intensive care units in Turkey.
To outline the epidemiologic features, clinical presentation, clinical courses, and outcomes in critically ill children with pandemic influenza in pediatric intensive care units. ⋯ Severe disease and high mortality rates were seen in children with pandemic influenza. Death attributable to pandemic influenza occurred in all age groups of children with or without underlying illness. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome is associated with increased mortality, and death is frequently secondary to severe lung infection caused by pandemic influenza.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2012
Comparative StudyCharacterization of tracheal intubation process of care and safety outcomes in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit.
To characterize tracheal intubation process of care and safety outcomes in a large tertiary pediatric intensive care unit using a pediatric adaptation of the National Emergency Airway Registry. Variances in process of care and safety outcome of intubation in the pediatric intensive care unit have not been described. We hypothesize that tracheal intubation is a common but high-risk procedure and that the novel pediatric adaptation of the National Emergency Airway Registry is a feasible tool to capture variances in process of care and outcomes. ⋯ Unwanted tracheal intubation-associated events occurred frequently, but severe tracheal intubation-associated events were rare. Our novel registry can be used to describe the pediatric intensive care unit tracheal intubation procedural process of care and safety outcomes.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2012
Comparative Study Controlled Clinical TrialInvestigation into the effect of closed-system suctioning on the frequency of pediatric ventilator-associated pneumonia in a developing country.
To investigate the effect of closed-system vs. open endotracheal suctioning on the frequency of ventilator-associated pneumonia and outcome in a pediatric intensive care unit in a developing country. ⋯ Closed-system suctioning did not affect the frequency of ventilator-associated pneumonia or patient outcome in this setting.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2012
ReviewThe impact of mechanical ventilation time before initiation of extracorporeal life support on survival in pediatric respiratory failure: a review of the Extracorporeal Life Support Registry.
To evaluate the relationship between duration of mechanical ventilation before the initiation of extracorporeal life support and the survival rate in children with respiratory failure. Extracorporeal life support has been used as a rescue therapy for >30 yrs in children with severe respiratory failure. Previous studies suggest patients who received >7-10 days of mechanical ventilation were not acceptable extracorporeal life support candidates as a result of irreversible lung damage. ⋯ There was a clear relationship between the number of mechanical ventilation days before the initiation of extracorporeal life support and survival. However; there was no statistically significant decrease in survival until >14 days of pre-extracorporeal life support ventilation was reached regardless of underlying diagnosis. We found no evidence to suggest that prolonged mechanical ventilation should be considered as a contraindication to extracorporeal life support in children with respiratory failure before 14 days.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2012
Comparative StudyFever control and application of hypothermia using intravenous cold saline.
To describe the use and feasibility of cold saline to decrease body temperature in pediatric neurocritical care. ⋯ Cold saline was an effective method of reducing temperature in children with acute brain injury. This approach can be considered to treat fever or to induce hypothermia. A prospective study comparing safety and efficacy vs. other cooling measures should be considered.