Articles: intensive-care-units.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2024
Multicenter Study Observational StudyEpidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric Sepsis in PICUs in Southwest China: A Prospective Multicenter Study.
To describe the epidemiological characteristics of pediatric sepsis in Southwest China PICUs. ⋯ This report updates the epidemiological data of pediatric sepsis in PICUs in Southwest China. Sepsis is still a life-threatening disease in children.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2024
Automated Calculator for the Pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score: Development and External Validation in a Single-Center 7-Year Cohort, 2015-2021.
The pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (pSOFA) score summarizes severity of organ dysfunction and can be used to predict in-hospital mortality. Manual calculation of the pSOFA score is time-consuming and prone to human error. An automated method that is open-source, flexible, and scalable for calculating the pSOFA score directly from electronic health record data is desirable. ⋯ The developed automated algorithm calculates pSOFA score with high accuracy and is more accurate than a trained expert rater and nontrained data abstracter. pSOFA's performance for predicting in-hospital mortality was lower in our cohort than it was for the originally derived score.
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Sound levels in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are often above recommended levels, but few researchers have identified the sound sources contributing to high levels. ⋯ Clinicians should partner with families to limit nighttime PICU noise pollution. Large-scale studies using this reliable coding scheme are needed to understand the PICU sound environment.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2024
Spiritual Care in PICUs: A U.S. Survey of 245 Training Fellows 2020-2021.
To understand the perspectives of pediatric fellows training in critical care subspecialties about providing spiritual care. ⋯ Providing spiritual care for families is important in critical care settings. In 2020-2021, in the United States, 245 pediatric critical care fellows responded to a survey about spiritual care in their practice and reported that they lacked training in this subject. An opportunity exists to implement spiritual care curricula into pediatric fellowship training.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · May 2024
Organ Donation in Canadian PICUs: A Cross-Sectional Survey, 2021-2022.
To understand contemporary pediatric organ donation programs in Canadian PICUs, including: policies and practices, data collection and reporting, and system and process barriers. ⋯ Although all Canadian PICUs support donation after DNC donation, and most support donation after DCC, variability exists in the identification, referral, and approach of potential donors. There is a notable lack of family involvement in pediatric donation programs. There are many opportunities for standardization of PICU donation programs which may result in improved rates of pediatric organ donation in Canada.