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Impact of Mind Mapping on Pediatric Nurses' Performance regarding Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters at Neonatal Intensive Care Units [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Background: An essential tool commonly used in neonatal intensive care units for critically ill neonates in need of ongoing monitoring and resuscitation treatments is a peripherally inserted central catheter.
Nagafa Hafez Farag Elmahdy, Ohoud Youssef El-Sheikh, Manal Fahmy Hussein, Magda Ahmed Abd El Aziz   +3 more
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Family-Centered Care in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2013
Patient-centered and family-centered care (PFCC) has been endorsed by many professional health care organizations. Although variably defined, PFCC is an approach to care that is respectful of and responsive to the preferences, needs, and values of individual patients and their families.
Kathleen L, Meert, Jeff, Clark, Susan, Eggly   +2 more
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Nursing Management in Pediatric Intensive Care in South Asia [PDF]

Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) provide specialized care for critically ill children. Developing and managing these units in South Asia remains challenging. Resource limitations and infrastructural disparities are leading to challenging conditions.
Takehito Sugasawa, Nobutake Shimojo, Daigo Hirao, Adil Maqbool, Subrina Jesmin   +4 more
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A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of the Recurrence of Autoimmune Encephalitis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is a disease with a potential for recurrence, and patients receive immunotherapy to prevent it. However, there is no consensus on the duration of immunotherapy. This study aimed to determine the recurrence rate and identify the risk factors for AE to provide guidance on the duration of immunotherapy ...
Shangkai Bai, Sen Zhang, Haipei Zhang, Yating Zhang, Junhong Guo, Xiaoyan Yang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae colonization in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units: risk factors for progression to infection

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background: Little is known about factors associated with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in pediatric patients, who are initally colonized with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Materials and methods: A retrospective case–
Hacer Akturk, Murat Sutcu, Ayper Somer, Derya Aydın, Rukiye Cihan, Aslı Ozdemir, Asuman Coban, Zeynep Ince, Agop Citak, Nuran Salman   +9 more
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Multidimensional Profiling of MRI‐Negative Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Uncovers Distinct Phenotypes

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Although hippocampal sclerosis (TLE‐HS) represents the most frequent cause of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), up to 30% of patients show no lesion on visual MRI inspection (TLE‐MRIneg). These cases pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and are underrepresented in surgical series.
Alice Ballerini, Alessia Casarini, Niccolò Biagioli, Laura Mirandola, Daniela Ballotta, Paul Summers, Simona Scolastico, Laura Madrassi, Maurilio Genovese, Marcella Malagoli, Gaetano Cantalupo, Giada Giovannini, Matteo Pugnaghi, Niccolò Orlandi, Laura Tassi, Valeria Cuccarini, Domenico Aquino, Elena Tartara, Fulvia Palesi, Giuseppe Didato, Paolo Vitali, the 3TLE Study Group, Roberta Di Giacomo, Fabio Doniselli, Federica Mazzi, Carlo Andrea Galimberti, Claudia A. M. Gandini Wheeler‐Kingshott, Stefano Meletti, Anna Elisabetta Vaudano   +28 more
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Association between professional qualification and adverse events in neonatal and pediatric intensive treatment units

Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, 2021
Objective: to verify the association between the qualification of nursing professionals and the occurrence of adverse events in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units.
Eliane Cristina Sanches Maziero, Elaine Drehmer de Almeida Cruz, Josemar Batista, Francine Taporosky Alpendre, Marilise Borges Brandão, Elias Teixeira Krainski   +5 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Cases with Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate treatment approaches towards Guillain-Barré syndrome and treatment response in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated
Nermin Ankay, Esra Şevketoğlu, Osman Yeşilbaş, Mey Talip Petmezci, Hasan Serdar Kıhtır, Zeynep Kıhtır   +5 more
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A Depolarizing Leak in Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransporter NBCe1 Causes Brain Edema

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives SLC4A4 encodes electrogenic sodium bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1, prominently expressed in kidney and brain. Recessive loss‐of‐function variants in SLC4A4 cause proximal renal tubular acidosis, no brain edema. In the brain, NBCe1 is expressed by astrocytes, where it regulates pH and mediates astrocyte volume changes.
Quinty Bisseling, Mark D. Parker, Sven Kerst, Richard A. Pasternack, Jacob Tondreau, Marjolein Breur, Gemma M. van Rooijen‐van Leeuwen, Davide Tonduti, Ettore Salsano, Alejandra Darling, Joanna A. E. van Wijk, Susanna Törnroth‐Horsefield, Marianna Bugiani, Petra J. W. Pouwels, Quinten Waisfisz, Marjo S. van der Knaap, Rogier Min   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying Priorities in Intensive Care : a description of a system for collecting intensive care data, an analysis of the data collected, a critique of aspects of severity scoring systems used to compare intensive care outcome, identification of priorities in intensive care and proposals to improve outcome for intensive care patients. [PDF]

, 1999
MDThis thesis reviews the requirements for intensive care audit data and describes the development of ICARUS (Intensive Care Audit and Resource Utilisation System), a system to collect and analyse intensive care audit information.
Goldhill, David Raymond
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