Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2008
Assessment of neonatal ventilation during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation.
To determine alterations in high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) performance during clinical ventilator management. ⋯ Measurement of tidal volume and HFMV may be clinically important in optimizing HFOV performance both during ETT suctioning and adjustments to breathing frequency.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2008
Case ReportsType B lactic acidosis and insulin-resistant hyperglycemia in an adolescent following cardiac surgery.
To report the presence of type B lactic acidosis and insulin-resistant hyperglycemia following cardiopulmonary bypass in a pediatric patient. ⋯ Type B lactic acidosis is a phenomenon that may occur in the pediatric population in conjunction with insulin-resistant hyperglycemia. We observed that its resolution corresponded to improvement in the patient's hyperglycemia.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2008
Multicenter StudyPediatric interhospital transport: diagnostic discordance and hospital mortality.
Determine the rate of discordance between the reason for transport (determined by referring institution) and the final diagnosis (determined by accepting institution), identify factors associated with diagnostic discordance, and determine whether diagnostic discordance is associated with mortality and morbidity. ⋯ Discordance between primary reason for transport and diagnosis category is common in the pediatric interhospital transport population. Although discordance does not appear to lead to increased mortality, further study is needed to determine the impact of diagnostic discordance on other patient outcomes.