Tropheryma whipplei-induced plastic bronchitis in children: a case report
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 This article reports a case of a 7-year-old child with severe pneumonia whose chest CT showed pulmonary consolidation, and bronchoscopy revealed plastic bronchitis.
Xuefeng Jin +6 more
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit admission criteria for haemato-oncological patients: a basis for clinical guidelines implementation [PDF]
, 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
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Non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure in children
Pediatric Reports, 2012 The aim of this paper is to assess the clinical efficacy of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in avoiding endotracheal intubation (ETI), to demonstrate clinical and gasometric improvement and to identify predictive risk factors associated with NIV failure ...
Clara Abadesso +5 more
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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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Life-threatening complications of streptococcal sepsis: a PICU contemporary series
Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care, 2021 Background Life-threatening streptococcal sepsis nowadays represents an uncommon event in previously healthy infants and children. Critically ill patients suffering from severe streptococcal sepsis complications may present with pre-antibiotic era ...
M. Piastra +15 more
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2022 Background Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening disorder. How to stratify high risk patients is one of the current challenges for the treatment of HLH. HLH patients usually fulfill multiple but not all eight diagnostic criteria.
Xun Li +11 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 +9 more
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Intrahospital Transport Practice in Pediatric Intensive Care Units [PDF]
, 2023 Introduction:Critically ill children often require transport during diagnosis and treatment procedures during intensive care hospitalization. With this study, it was aimed to evaluate the practice of transport and the problems encountered during ...
Oğuz Dursun +5 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 ObjectiveTo investigate the epidemiology and the effectiveness of resuscitation from cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) among critically ill children and adolescents during pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) stay across China.MethodsA prospective multicenter
Xin Ding +25 more
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Deep coma in a child treated with propranolol for infantile hemangioma
BMC Pediatrics, 2019 Background Propranolol hydrochloride is the first-line agent recommended for the treatment of infantile hemangiomas (IH). Serious adverse effects of propranolol therapy for hemangiomas are infrequent.
Ilirjana Bakalli +7 more
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