Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2017
The Impact of Chronic Health Conditions on Length of Stay and Mortality in a General PICU.
Each year approximately 20,000 children are admitted to PICUs across the United Kingdom. It is highlighted in several international studies that 40-70% of children admitted to PICUs have at least one chronic health condition that leads to increased length of stay and higher mortality rates. The prevalence of chronic health conditions in children admitted to U.K. PICUs is unknown. The purpose of this study was to use existing clinical data to explore the prevalence and impact of chronic health conditions on length of stay and mortality in a tertiary U.K. PICU. ⋯ The increasing number of chronic healthcare conditions is associated with length of stay and mortality.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2017
Observational StudyA Novel Electrocardiogram Algorithm Utilizing ST-Segment Instability for Detection of Cardiopulmonary Arrest in Single Ventricle Physiology: A Retrospective Study.
We evaluated ST-segment monitoring to detect clinical decompensation in infants with single ventricle anatomy. We proposed a signal processing algorithm for ST-segment instability and hypothesized that instability is associated with cardiopulmonary arrests. ⋯ In single ventricle patients, increased ST instability and magnitude were associated with rapid response events that required intervention for cardiopulmonary arrest, whereas conventional ST-segment monitoring did not differentiate an arrest from control state.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2017
Observational StudyClinical Examination Does Not Predict Response to Albuterol in Ventilated Infants With Bronchiolitis.
Bronchiolitis is a common respiratory infection in infants that is sometimes treated with albuterol. Response to albuterol is determined by clinical assessment, but this subjective determination is potentially unreliable. In this study, we compared providers' clinical assessment of response to albuterol with the measurement of response by pulmonary mechanics in intubated, sedated, and ventilated infants. ⋯ A provider's clinical assessment was not a reliable method for determining response to albuterol in children with bronchiolitis. Without assessment of pulmonary mechanics, caution should be used in classifying children with bronchiolitis as responders to albuterol.