Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Sep 2019
Current Epidemiology of Vocal Cord Dysfunction After Congenital Heart Surgery in Young Infants.
Surgery of the aortic arch poses risk of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury due to the anatomic proximity and can manifest as vocal cord dysfunction after surgery. We assessed risk factors for vocal cord dysfunction and calculated surgical procedure associated rates in young infants after congenital heart surgery. ⋯ Vocal cord dysfunction complicated all cardiac surgical procedures among infants including those without aortic arch involvement. Increased efforts to determine appropriate indications for prevention, screening and treatment of vocal cord dysfunction among young infants after congenital heart surgery are needed.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Sep 2019
Observational StudyPolyneuropathy in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Children: Experience From a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India.
To determine the prevalence of critical illness polyneuropathy and its risk factors in critically ill children mechanically ventilated for 7 days or more. ⋯ We observed a high prevalence of critical illness polyneuropathy in children in PICU, mechanically ventilated for 7 days or more; almost all of whom had underlying sepsis.