Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Mar 2013
Comparative StudyCharacteristics of family conferences at the bedside versus the conference room in pediatric critical care.
To compare characteristics of family conferences at the bedside vs. the conference room in the PICU. ⋯ Family conferences in the PICU are common both at the bedside and in conference rooms in a subpopulation of the most critically ill children and frequently result in a treatment decision or change in code status.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Mar 2013
Clinical TrialExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation and cerebral blood flow velocity in children.
To determine how extracorporeal membrane oxygenation affects cerebral blood flow velocity and to determine whether specific changes in cerebral blood flow velocity may be associated with neurologic injury. ⋯ In children who did not suffer clinically apparent neurologic injury, cerebral blood flow velocities were lower than normal while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support and increased after decannulation. However, children who developed cerebral hemorrhage had higher than normal cerebral blood flow velocities noted for days prior to clinical recognition of bleeding. Cerebral blood flow velocity measurement may represent a portable, noninvasive way to predict cerebral complications of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and deserves further study.