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Transfusion strategies for patients in pediatric intensive care units [PDF]

, 2007
Background: The optimal hemoglobin threshold for erythrocyte transfusions in critically ill children is unknown. We hypothesized that a restrictive transfusion strategy of using packed red cells that were leukocyte-reduced before storage would be as safe
Gauvin, France, Meert, Kathleen, Lacroix, J, Hume, HA, Lacroix, Jacques, Hutchinson, James S., Toledano, BJ, Peters, Mark J, Joffe, Ari, Collet, Jean-Paul, Gauvin, F, Ducruet, T, Hurne, Heather A., Robillard, P, Biarent, Dominique, Peters, MJ, Hutchison, JS, Toledano, Baruch J., Hebert, PC, Joffe, A, Biarent, D, Ducruet, Thierry, Collet, J-P, Meert, K, Tucci, Marisa, Robillard, Pierre, Hebert, Paul C., Tucci, M   +27 more
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Neonatal gastrointestinal involvement and congenital cytomegalovirus

La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2016
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common cause of congenital viral infection, affecting 0.2 to 2.3% of all live births in developed countries. Very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight newborns are at higher risk of symptomatic CMV infection ...
Alessandro Porta, Adriana Avanzini, Marta Bellini, Rosa Maria Crossignani, Stefano Fiocchi, Stefano Martinelli, Luciana Parola   +6 more
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Nurses' Knowledge versus their Performance regarding Chest Physiotherapy for Children in Pediatric Intensive Care Units [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2018
Aim of the study was to assess the nurses' knowledge versus performance regarding chest physiotherapy provided to children in pediatric intensive care units. Research Design: A descriptive research design was utilized.
Nashat E.Ali, Osama A. El fiky, Madiha A. Morsy, Basma R.Abd El sadek   +3 more
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Lean Management in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) [PDF]

Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Journal (PACCJ), 2020
Lean management, originally developed in the manufac- turing sector, has been increasingly applied in healthcare settings, particularly in intensive care units (ICUs).
D. Galante
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Pediatric Critical Care—A New Frontier

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2009
Pediatric intensive care is now a subspecialty of pediatric medicine. Different pathologic and physiologic processes occur in pediatric patients who require intensive care.
Chu-Chuan Lin, Kai-Sheng Hsieh
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Making co-enrolment feasible for randomised controlled trials in paediatric intensive care. [PDF]

, 2012
Enrolling children into several trials could increase recruitment and lead to quicker delivery of optimal care in paediatric intensive care units (PICU).
Ball, T, Mok, Q, Twin Lee, Gamble, Carrol, Carrol Gamble, Gamble, C, Gilbert, R, Ruth Gilbert, Macrae, Duncan, Tracy Ball, Katie Harron, Ball, Tracy, Harron, Katie, Harron, K, CATCH team, Lee, Twin, Macrae, D, Quen Mok, Lee, T, Mok, Quen, Gilbert, Ruth, Duncan Macrae   +21 more
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Application of the pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) score and determination of mortality risk factors in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit

Clinics, 2010
INTRODUCTION: To establish disease severity at admission can be performed by way of the mortality prognostic. Nowadays the prognostic scores make part of quality control and research.
Graziela Araujo Costa, Arthur F. Delgado, Alexandre Ferraro, Thelma Suely Okay   +3 more
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Correlation between stable hyperglycemia and mortality in children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit of Imam Hossein Hospital

Advanced Biomedical Research, 2021
Background: Stress-induced hyperglycemia is an important issue among pediatrics admitted in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Former studies have declared that hyperglycemia has a high prevalence rate and could increase the risks of mortality ...
Mohsen Reisi, Majid Keivanfar, Neda Mostofizadeh, Yahya Madihi, Yousof Esmaeilian, Elham Hashemi   +5 more
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A randomized trial of hyperglycemic control in pediatric intensive care. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Whether an insulin infusion should be used for tight control of hyperglycemia in critically ill children remains unclear. METHODS: We randomly assigned children (≤16 years of age) who were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU ...
Allen, Elizabeth, Grieve, Richard, Morris, Kevin, Sadique, Zia, Parslow, Roger, Elbourne, Diana, CHiP Investigators, Macrae, Duncan, Pappachan, John, Tasker, Robert C   +9 more
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Clinical and laboratory characteristics of critical Bordetella pertussis in hospitalized infants in the Southwest region of Saudi Arabia

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundCritical pertussis remains a critical health concern in infants and is characterized by severe leukocytosis, respiratory failure, and multisystem involvement.
Ali Alsuheel Asseri, Norah Alshehri, Ibrahim AlHelali, Ibrahim Al-Benhassan, Ahmed Alhijab Alhazmi, Khalid S. AlShehri, Abdullah Baoqbah, Ghada Haider, Syed Esam Mahmood, Ausaf Ahmad, Tarig Hamad   +10 more
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