Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Oct 2015
Multicenter StudyRisk Factors for Delayed Enteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Children.
Delayed enteral nutrition, defined as enteral nutrition started 48 hours or more after admission to the PICU, is associated with an inability to achieve full enteral nutrition and worse outcomes in critically ill children. We reviewed nutritional practices in six medical-surgical PICUs and determined risk factors associated with delayed enteral nutrition in critically ill children. ⋯ Institutions in this study initiated enteral nutrition for a high percentage of patients by 48 hours of admission. Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation was most strongly associated with delay enteral nutrition. A better understanding of these risk factors and assessments of nutritional requirements should be explored in future prospective studies.
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Regular clinical application is important for maintenance of difficult resuscitation skills. Although emergency medical services must provide life-saving care for critically ill and injured children, the frequency with which these procedures are performed is unknown. We sought to characterize critical pediatric procedures performed by emergency medical service personnel in the United States. ⋯ Despite the broad range of pediatric conditions seen in the prehospital setting, pediatric critical procedures are infrequently performed. These data highlight factors that are associated with successful completion of critical pediatric procedures.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Oct 2015
Review Meta AnalysisUltrasound Imaging Reduces Failure Rates of Percutaneous Central Venous Catheterization in Children.
Ultrasound imaging has been shown to be beneficial for percutaneous central venous cannulation in systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials in adult patients, but not in pediatrics. The aim of this updated review was to determine whether percutaneous central venous catheterization with the aid of ultrasound reduces cannulation failure in children. ⋯ The meta-analysis of five nonrandomized studies showed that the rate of cannulation failure was significantly lower with real-time ultrasound guidance than anatomic landmark technique (odds ratio, 0.44 [95% CI, 0.27-0.72]; p = 0.001). The combination of nine randomized controlled trials also showed lower failure rates with either the real-time ultrasound guidance or the prelocation technique over the landmark technique (odds ratio, 0.22 [95% CI, 0.07-0.69]; p = 0.0003) and fewer arterial punctures in the ultrasound group (odds ratio, 0.31 [95% CI, 0.09-1.08]; p = 0.07). However, seven out of nine studies were assessed as having high risk of bias. Since the lower cannulation failure and less frequent chance of arterial puncture with ultrasound were predominantly shown in studies at high risk of bias, further definitive and adequately powered studies with clear outcomes are needed.