Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2012
Editorial CommentNoninvasive assessment of myocardial function in sepsis.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2012
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialEchocardiography as a guide for patent ductus arteriosus ibuprofen treatment and efficacy prediction.
To evaluate echocardiography criteria in predicting the response to ibuprofen treatment. ⋯ Echocardiography may be a useful tool to help patent ductus arteriosus management. A combined use of ductal diameter and left-right ductal shunt maximum velocity criteria allows a more accurate prediction of the response of infants with patent ductus arteriosus to ibuprofen treatment.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2012
Comparative StudyCentral venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections in a pediatric intensive care unit: effect of the location of catheter insertion.
To compare the rate of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections between pediatric intensive care unit admissions where central venous catheters were inserted within the same hospital (internal central venous catheters) and those where central venous catheters were inserted before transfer from other hospitals (external central venous catheters). ⋯ The rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive care unit is significantly affected by external insertion of the central venous catheter. Future interventions to reduce nosocomial infections on pediatric intensive care units will need to be specifically targeted at this high-risk patient group.