Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Dec 2016
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyPediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Characteristics and Their Association With Survival and Neurobehavioral Outcome.
To investigate relationships between cardiac arrest characteristics and survival and neurobehavioral outcome among children recruited to the Therapeutic Hypothermia after Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Out-of-Hospital trial. ⋯ Many factors are associated with survival and neurobehavioral outcome among children who are comatose and require mechanical ventilation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. These factors may be useful for identifying children at risk for poor outcomes, and for improving prevention and resuscitation strategies.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Dec 2016
Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist in Preterm Infants With Established or Evolving Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia on High-Intensity Mechanical Ventilatory Support: A Single-Center Experience.
The aim of the present study was to report possible improvements in ventilator variables associated with a transition from synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation to neurally adjusted ventilatory assist in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia who required a high level of mechanical ventilatory support in a single center. ⋯ The transition from synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation to neurally adjusted ventilatory assist ventilation was associated with improvements in ventilator variables, oxygen saturation, and blood gas values in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in a single center. This study suggests the possible clinical utility of neurally adjusted ventilatory assist as a weaning modality for bronchopulmonary dysplasia patients in the neonatal ICU.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Dec 2016
Citric Acid Cycle Metabolites Predict the Severity of Myocardial Stunning and Mortality in Newborn Pigs.
Myocardial infarction and chronic heart failure induce specific metabolic changes in the neonatal myocardium that are closely correlated to outcome. The aim of this study was to examine the metabolic responses to noninfarct heart failure and inotropic treatments in the newborn heart, which so far are undetermined. ⋯ Accumulation of citric acid cycle intermediates and adenosine metabolites reflects the presence of myocardial stunning and predicts mortality in acute noninfarct right ventricular heart failure in newborn pigs. This phenomenon occurs independently of the type of inotrope, suggesting that citric acid cycle intermediates represent potential markers of acute noninfarct heart failure.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Dec 2016
Multicenter Study Observational StudyProcedural Sedation Outside of the Operating Room Using Ketamine in 22,645 Children: A Report From the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium.
Most studies of ketamine administered to children for procedural sedation are limited to emergency department use. The objective of this study was to describe the practice of ketamine procedural sedation outside of the operating room and identify risk factors for adverse events. ⋯ This is a description of a large prospectively collected dataset of pediatric ketamine administration predominantly outside of the operating room. The overall incidence of severe adverse events was low. Risk factors associated with increased odds of adverse events were as follows: cardiac and gastrointestinal disease, lower respiratory tract infection, and the coadministration of propofol and anticholinergics.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Dec 2016
Multicenter Study Observational StudyThe Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury and Its Effect on Neonatal and Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Outcomes: A Multicenter Report From the Kidney Intervention During Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Study Group.
In a population of neonatal and pediatric patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; to describe the prevalence and timing of acute kidney injury utilizing a consensus acute kidney injury definition and investigate the association of acute kidney injury with outcomes (length of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and mortality). ⋯ Acute kidney injury is present in 60-74% of neonatal-pediatric patients supported on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and is present by 48 hours of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in 86-93% of cases. Acute kidney injury has a significant association with increased duration of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support and increased adjusted odds of mortality at hospital discharge.