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Health-related Quality of Life Following Delirium in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

open access: yesPediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2021
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether delirium during pediatric critical illness is associated with post-discharge health-related quality of life. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study.
L. Dervan   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Continuous Blood purification on Influenza-Associated Neurological Disease in children: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Due to lack of proven therapies, we evaluated the effect of CBP on Influenza-Associated Neurological Disease in children. Methods A single-center, retrospective, cohort study was conducted in Luoyang, Henan province, China from January 2018 to
Jingwen Ni   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

open access: yesAnnals of Intensive Care, 2022
Background The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in pediatric patients with underlying malignancies remains controversial. However, in an era in which the survival rates for children with malignancies have increased significantly and ...
Valerie Slooff   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit admission criteria for haemato-oncological patients: a basis for clinical guidelines implementation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Recent advances in supportive care and progress in the development and use of chemotherapy have considerably improved the prognosis of many children with malignancy, thus the need for intensive care admission and management is increasing, reaching about ...
Locatelli, Franco, Piastra, Marco
core   +1 more source

Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score As a Predictor of Outcome in Sepsis in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Intensive Care, 2020
Sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score is used as a predictor of outcome of sepsis in the pediatric intensive care unit. The aim of the study is to determine the application of SOFA scores as a predictor of outcome in children admitted to the ...
A. Lalitha   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A randomized trial of hyperglycemic control in pediatric intensive care. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +9 more
core   +1 more source

From hypotonic maintenance fluid to severe hyponatremia: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background The principles for maintenance intravenous fluid prescription in children were developed in the 1950s. These guidelines based on the use of hypotonic solutions have been challenged regularly for they seem to be associated with an increased ...
M. Denis   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fluid bolus therapy in pediatric sepsis: a narrative review

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Medical Research, 2022
Leading cause of death in children under five, pediatric sepsis remains a significant global health threat. The 2020 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines revised the management of septic shock and sepsis-associated organ dysfunction in children.
Julian San Geroteo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nutritional support for children during critical illness: European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) metabolism, endocrine and nutrition section position statement and clinical recommendations

open access: yesIntensive Care Medicine, 2020
Background Nutritional support is considered essential for the outcome of paediatric critical illness. There is a lack of methodologically sound trials to provide evidence-based guidelines leading to diverse practices in PICUs worldwide.
L. Tume   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effectiveness of steroids versus placebo in preventing upper airway obstruction after extubation in critically ill children: rationale and design of a multicentric, double-blind, randomized study

open access: yesTrials, 2020
Background Post-extubation upper airway obstruction (UAO) is a frequent complication causing stridor and respiratory distress, which occasionally require reintubation, thereby increasing morbidity and mortality rates.
Gema Manrique   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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