Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Nov 2010
Multicenter StudyComplicated grief and associated risk factors among parents following a child's death in the pediatric intensive care unit.
To investigate the extent of complicated grief symptoms and associated risk factors among parents whose child died in a pediatric intensive care unit. ⋯ Parents who responded to our survey experienced a high level of complicated grief symptoms 6 months after their child's death in the pediatric intensive care unit. However, our estimate of the extent of complicated grief symptoms may be biased because of a high number of nonresponders. Better understanding of complicated grief and its risk factors among parents will allow those most vulnerable to receive professional bereavement support.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Nov 2010
Children hospitalized with 2009 novel influenza A(H1N1) in California.
To describe clinical and epidemiologic features of 2009 novel influenza A(H1N1) in children. ⋯ More than one-quarter of children hospitalized with 2009 novel influenza A(H1N1) reported to the California Department of Public Health required intensive care and/or died. Regardless of rapid test results, when 2009 novel influenza A(H1N1) is circulating, clinicians should maintain a high suspicion in children with febrile respiratory illness and promptly treat those with underlying risk factors, especially infants.