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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Nov 2024
Airway Anomalies in Pediatric Patients After Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease: Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study, Taiwan 2017-2020.
Airway anomalies increase risk of morbidity and mortality in postoperative pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). We aimed to identify airway anomalies and the association with intermediate outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for CHD. ⋯ In our single-center retrospective study, 2017-2020, between one-in-five and one-in-four of our postoperative CHD patients undergoing an airway evaluation had airway anomalies. Factors associated with greater odds of airway anomaly included, those with premature birth, or genetic syndromes, and preoperative ventilator use. Overall, in patients undergoing airway evaluation, the finding of an airway anomalies was associated with longer postoperative intubation duration and greater hazard of intermediate mortality.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Nov 2024
The 2024 Pediatric Sepsis Challenge: Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Children With Suspected Sepsis in Uganda.
The aim of this "Technical Note" is to inform the pediatric critical care data research community about the "2024 Pediatric Sepsis Data Challenge." This competition aims to facilitate the development of open-source algorithms to predict in-hospital mortality in Ugandan children with sepsis. The challenge is to first develop an algorithm using a synthetic training dataset, which will then be scored according to standard diagnostic testing criteria, and then be evaluated against a nonsynthetic test dataset. The datasets originate from admissions to six hospitals in Uganda (2017-2020) and include 3837 children, 6 to 60 months old, who were confirmed or suspected to have a diagnosis of sepsis. ⋯ The test validation dataset closely resembles the synthetic dataset. The challenge should generate an optimal model for predicting in-hospital mortality. Following external validation, this model could be used to improve the outcomes for children with proven or suspected sepsis in low- and middle-income settings.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Nov 2024
Observational StudyComprehensive Characterization of Surface-Bound Proteins and Measurement of Fibrin Fiber Thickness on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Circuits Collected From Patients.
To characterize surface-bound proteins and to measure the thickness of fibrin fibers bound to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuits used in children. ⋯ In this report, we have characterized proteins and fiber fibrin thickness bound to ECMO circuits in six children. The techniques and approaches may be useful for investigating interactions between blood, coagulation, and the ECMO circuit and have the potential for circuit design.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Nov 2024
The Nurse-Implemented Chronotherapeutic Bundle in Critically Ill Children, RESTORE Resilience (R2): Pilot Testing in a Two-Phase Cohort Study, 2017-2021.
Pilot test the nurse-led chronotherapeutic bundle in critically ill children, RESTORE Resilience (R 2 ). ⋯ In the PICU, implementation of an individualized nurse-implemented chronotherapeutic bundle is feasible. Children who received the R 2 bundle had increased pre-extubation daytime activity consolidation compared to children receiving usual care. Given variation in protocol adherence, further R 2 testing should include interprofessional collaboration, pragmatic trial design, and implementation science strategies.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Nov 2024
Observational StudyEvolution and Impact of a Diagnostic Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program in a PICU.
To evaluate the impact of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) use on clinicians within a PICU and to assess infrastructural elements of our POCUS program development. ⋯ Diagnostic POCUS imaging in the PICU frequently yields information that alters diagnosis and changes management. As PICU POCUS use increased, QA processes evolved resulting in decreased use of our initial QA database. Modifications to QA processes are likely necessary as clinical contexts change over time.