Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Aug 2016
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyTargeted Temperature Management After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Due To Drowning: Outcomes and Complications.
To describe outcomes and complications in the drowning subgroup from the Therapeutic Hypothermia After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Out-of-Hospital trial. ⋯ In comatose survivors of out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest due to drowning, hypothermia did not result in a statistically significant benefit in survival with good functional outcome or mortality at 1 year, as compared with normothermia. High risk of culture-proven bacterial infection was observed in both groups.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Aug 2016
ReviewRight Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction: Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Ventricular Septum, Pulmonary Stenosis, and Ebstein's Malformation.
The objectives of this review are to discuss the anatomy, pathophysiology, clinical course, and current treatment strategies for pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, pulmonary stenosis, and Ebstein's anomaly. ⋯ Considerable advances have been made in management strategies for these complex congenital heart lesions, which have led to improved outcomes.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Aug 2016
Multicenter Study Observational StudyEpidemiology of Sepsis in Children Admitted to PICUs in South America.
To report the prevalence of sepsis within the first 24 hours at admission and the PICU sepsis-related mortality among critically ill children admitted to PICU in South America. ⋯ We observed high prevalence of sepsis and sepsis-related mortality among this sample of children admitted to PICU in South America. Mortality was associated with greater severity of illness at admission and potentially associated with late PICU referral.