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EVALUATION OF PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE
Critical Care Medicine, 1983A total of 294 Clinical Classification System (CCS) Classes III and IV patients in a pediatric ICU (PICU) were evaluated in terms of severity of illness and quantity of care. The group was comprised of patients from 3 services: medicine, cardiovascular surgery, and other surgery. Severity of illness was measured by the Physiologic Stability Index (PSI)
M M, Pollack +4 more
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Anesthesiology, 1980
Four hundred sixty-one consecutive admissions to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) were evaluated using the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS). Patients requiring an increased level of care, defined as TISS points greater than or equal to 10, accounted for 75% of patient days in the ICU.
P, Rothstein, P, Johnson
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Four hundred sixty-one consecutive admissions to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) were evaluated using the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS). Patients requiring an increased level of care, defined as TISS points greater than or equal to 10, accounted for 75% of patient days in the ICU.
P, Rothstein, P, Johnson
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Pediatric cardiac intensive care
Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 2011The practice of pediatric cardiac intensive care depends on a collaborative effort from all disciplines involved in the care of critically ill pediatric patients with cardiovascular disease. The 8th International Conference of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society was reflective of this collaborative effort as experts from several disciplines ...
Ronald A, Bronicki, David S, Cooper
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Sedation and Analgesia in Pediatric Intensive Care
Current Drug Targets, 2012Almost all children in the pediatric intensive care (PICU) need analgesia and/or sedation. Analgesics drugs are used to control pain from surgical incisions, drainages, vascular access or endotracheal suctioning. Sedatives are used to facilitate the delivery of nursing care, to facilitate mechanical ventilation, prevent self-extubation and to minimize ...
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Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 1999
To provide optimal care, a veterinarian in a pediatric intensive care situation for a puppy or kitten should be familiar with normal and abnormal vital signs, nursing care and monitoring considerations, and probable diseases. This article is a brief discussion of the pediatric intensive care commonly required to treat puppies or kittens in emergency ...
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To provide optimal care, a veterinarian in a pediatric intensive care situation for a puppy or kitten should be familiar with normal and abnormal vital signs, nursing care and monitoring considerations, and probable diseases. This article is a brief discussion of the pediatric intensive care commonly required to treat puppies or kittens in emergency ...
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Pandemic influenza and pediatric intensive care*
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2010To assess the adequacy of preparedness planning for an influenza pandemic by modeling the pediatric surge capacity of healthcare facility and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) requirements over time. Governments and Public Health authorities have planned preparedness activities and training for a flu pandemic.
Nap, Raoul E. +4 more
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Pediatric intensive care in Argentina
Critical Care Medicine, 19938.2% of the gross domestic product is spent annually on health care in Argentina a country of 32 million people. There is 1 medical doctor of every 147000 beds in a total 3180 hospitals. The infant mortality rate in Argentina is 24.5/1000 live births which is high compared to developed countries.
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Drugs in pediatric intensive care.
Current drug targets, 2012This is an editorial of an issue about drugs in pediatric intensive ...
Cavaliere, Franco +2 more
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Monitoring in pediatric intensive care
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1993Monitoring plays an essential role in the management of critically ill children, although continuous observation along with frequent clinical examination remains the best readily available monitor. Unfortunately, human beings do not have the capability of a prolonged, uninterrupted attention span and nurses often have multiple tasks assigned that limit
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Pediatric trauma: Postinjury care in the pediatric intensive care unit
Critical Care Medicine, 2002Traumatic injuries occur in > 20 million children each year and are the leading source of death in children over the age of 1 yr. Mechanisms of injury and subsequent therapies for critically injured children are diverse. This review will focus on resources and management strategies for caring for the severely injured child in the pediatric intensive ...
Jeanette R M, White, Heidi J, Dalton
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