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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The Usefulness of Perfusion Index for Predicting Mortality in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit [PDF]
, 2022 Introduction:The aim of this study is to the usefulness of the perfusion index to predict mortality in the pediatric intensive care unit.Methods:The study included patients aged >28 days and
Semra Erdogan +2 more
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Trials, 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
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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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Respiratory mechanics in infants with severe bronchiolitis on controlled mechanical ventilation
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017 Background Analysis of respiratory mechanics during mechanical ventilation (MV) is able to estimate resistive, elastic and inertial components of the working pressure of the respiratory system.
Pablo Cruces +7 more
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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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Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2012: III. Noninvasive ventilation, monitoring and patient-ventilator interactions, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sedation, paediatrics and miscellanea [PDF]
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Rocco, P +61 more
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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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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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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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