Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2014
Transthoracic Echocardiography in Pediatric Intensive Care: Impact on Medical and Surgical Management.
Although transthoracic echocardiography is commonly performed in the PICU, its utility is not specifically known. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the clinical impact of echocardiography in the PICU in terms of frequency of unanticipated findings and the frequency and nature of clinical management changes attributed to the results of echocardiography. ⋯ Unanticipated echocardiography results are common in the PICU, and they often alter the clinical impressions that prompted the echocardiogram or introduce new findings unrelated to the reason for which the echocardiogram was recorded. Clinical management changes attributable to echocardiography findings are frequent in the PICU, including occasional surgical intervention. Echocardiography adds diagnostic value and contributes to the management approach in the PICU, accounting for its frequent use.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2014
The Association of Carotid Artery Cannulation and Neurologic Injury in Pediatric Patients Supported With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
To describe the prevalence of neurologic injury in a recent cohort of patients 18 years old or younger cannulated for venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. To evaluate the association of carotid artery cannulation with neurologic injury when compared with other cannulation sites. To determine if age impacts the association of carotid artery cannulation with neurologic injury. ⋯ Carotid artery cannulation for venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients 18 years old or younger is associated with statistically significant increased odds of neurologic injury. These increased odds are present across all age groups.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2014
Biography Historical ArticleTribute to Professor Gilbert Huault (1932–2013).
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2014
Improved Oxygenation 24 Hours After Transition to Airway Pressure Release Ventilation or High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation Accurately Discriminates Survival in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Children with an immunocompromised condition and requiring invasive mechanical ventilation have high risk of death. Such patients are commonly transitioned to rescue modes of nonconventional ventilation, including airway pressure release ventilation and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, for acute respiratory distress syndrome refractory to conventional ventilation. Our aim was to describe our experience with airway pressure release ventilation and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in children with an immunocompromised condition and acute respiratory distress syndrome refractory to conventional ventilation and to identify factors associated with survival. ⋯ In this single-center retrospective study of pediatric patients with an immunocompromised condition and acute respiratory distress syndrome failing conventional ventilation transitioned to either airway pressure release ventilation or high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, improved oxygenation at 24 hours expressed as PaO(2)/FIO(224)/PaO(2)/FIO(2pre) or oxygenation index(24)/oxygenation indexpre reliably discriminates nonsurvivors from survivors. These findings should be prospectively verified.