Demograpghic and Epidemiological Characteristics of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Patients in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Attitudes of Their Parents About Home Care by Çağlar Ödek, Mehmet Erol, Remezan Demir, Melek Tunç, Ahmet Aydınalp, Funda Feryal Taş, Muhammet Köşker, Serhat Samancı

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Association between Vasoactive Inotropic Score and adverse outcome in pediatric septic shock patients admitted at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by L.M. Sollesta, R. Cipriano

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Application of the pediatric risk of mortality (PRISM) score and determination of mortality risk factors in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit by Graziela Araujo Costa, Arthur F. Delgado, Alexandre Ferraro, Thelma Suely Okay

“…The Pediatric Risk of Mortality is one of the scores used in the pediatric intensive care units. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is the utilization of the pediatric risk of mortality to determine mortality risk factors in a tertiary pediatric intensive care units. …”
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Risk factors and outcome of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell patients admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: CART-PICU study by Marina Caballero-Bellón, Anna Alonso-Saladrigues, Sara Bobillo-Perez, Sara Bobillo-Perez, Anna Faura, Laura Arqués, Cristina Rivera, Albert Català, Albert Català, Jose Luis Dapena, Susana Rives, Susana Rives, Iolanda Jordan, Iolanda Jordan

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Signatures of illness in children requiring unplanned intubation in the pediatric intensive care unit: A retrospective cohort machine-learning study by Michael C. Spaeder, Michael C. Spaeder, J. Randall Moorman, J. Randall Moorman, Liza P. Moorman, Liza P. Moorman, Michelle A. Adu-Darko, Jessica Keim-Malpass, Jessica Keim-Malpass, Douglas E. Lake, Douglas E. Lake, Matthew T. Clark, Matthew T. Clark

“…Acute respiratory failure requiring the initiation of invasive mechanical ventilation remains commonplace in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Early recognition of patients at risk for respiratory failure may provide clinicians with the opportunity to intervene and potentially improve outcomes. …”
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Parent Experiences of Child Loss and End-of-Life Care in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Protocol for a Qualitative Study by Sara Alcón Nájera, Maria Teresa González-Gil

“… BackgroundDeath of a child in the pediatric intensive care unit is a rare event that can occur after failed cardiopulmonary resuscitation efforts, after a brain death diagnosis, or after a decision to limit therapeutic efforts. …”
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Ketogenic Diet in the Treatment of Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus at a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Single-Center Experience by Markus Breu, Chiara Häfele, Sarah Glatter, Petra Trimmel-Schwahofer, Johann Golej, Christoph Male, Martha Feucht, Anastasia Dressler

“…Background: To evaluate the use of the ketogenic diet (KD) for treatment of super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) at a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).Design: A retrospective analysis of all pediatric patients treated for SRSE with the KD at our center was performed using patient data from our prospective longitudinal KD database.Setting: SRSE is defined as refractory SE that continues or recurs 24 h or more after initiation of anesthetic drugs. …”
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Frequency and risk factors of delirium in the pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital: A prospective observational study by Sidra Khan, Abdul Haseeb, Muhammad Khalid, Atika Sher, Anwar Haque

“…Subjects and Methods: This prospective observational study included patients admitted for at least a period of 24 h of teaching in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a medical college of Pakistan from March 2022 to September 2022. …”
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Factors associated with multidrug-resistant bacteria in healthcare-associated infections: a pediatric intensive care unit case-control study by Barbara Barduchi Oliveira da Silva, Moacyr Silva Júnior, Fernando Gatti de Menezes, Eduardo Juan Troster

“…The study was carried out at the pediatric intensive care unit of a high-complexity, tertiary care general hospital. …”
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Supporting Clinical Decisions with Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Pneumonia Panel in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Single Center Experience in Turkiye by Gurkan Bozan, Yalcin Kara, Eylem Kiral, Mahmut Can Kizil, Ebru Kacmaz, Tercan Us, Gul Durmaz, Omer Kilic, Ener Cagri Dinleyici

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73 Use of Probabilistic Linkage to Create a Novel Database to Study the Care of Bronchiolitis in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) by Brian F Flaherty, McKenna Smith, Rajendu Srivastava, Lawrence J Cook, Heather T Keenan

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Evaluation of Patients with Severe Asthma Exacerbation treated in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: 8 Years of Single-Center Experience by Zeynep Sengul Emeksiz, Serhat Emeksiz, Emel Uyar, Serhan Özcan, Oktay Perk, Emine Dibek Mısırlıoğlu, Ersoy Civelek

“…Aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the demographic and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients followed in tertiary pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) due to severe asthma exacerbation (SAE) and to discuss the optimal intensive care management for these patients. …”
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Factors associated with adverse outcome among children with sickle cell disease admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit: an observational cohort by Michaël Levy, Jérôme Naudin, Guillaume Geslain, Arielle Maroni, Bérengère Koehl, Fleur Le Bourgeois, Géraldine Poncelet, Maryline Chomton, Anna Deho, Sébastien Julliand, Stéphane Dauger, Julie Sommet

“…However, children with SCD can become critically ill and require admission in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU). The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiology of children with SCD admitted to PICU for acute crisis and to identify factors associated with adverse outcome (AO). …”
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Assessment of pattern and treatment outcome of patients admitted to pediatric intensive care unit, Ayder Referral Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2015 by Hansa Haftu, Tedrose Hailu, Araya Medhaniye, Teklit G/tsadik

“…Abstract Objective To describe admission pattern and outcome with its predictor variable on the mortality of children admitted to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), Ayder Referral Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, from September 2012 to August 2014. …”
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Clinical significance of potential drug-drug interactions in a pediatric intensive care unit: A single-center retrospective study. by Yu Hyeon Choi, In Hwa Lee, Mihee Yang, Yoon Sook Cho, Yun Hee Jo, Hye Jung Bae, You Sun Kim, June Dong Park

“…Despite the high prevalence of potential drug-drug interactions in pediatric intensive care units, their clinical relevance and significance are unclear. …”
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Efficacy of chlorhexidine wipes on colonization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in both ventilator and nonventilator patients in pediatric intensive care unit by P N Navya, G Dhananjaya, Prakash Chandra

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Withdrawal of treatment in a pediatric intensive care unit at a Children’s Hospital in China: a 10-year retrospective study by Huaqing Liu, Dongni Su, Xubei Guo, Yunhong Dai, Xingqiang Dong, Qiujiao Zhu, Zhenjiang Bai, Ying Li, Shuiyan Wu

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Comparison between early and late mortalities due to severe sepsis in a pediatric intensive care unit: five-years-experience by Salah Rafik Zaher, Dina Adel Elgohary, Manal A. M. Antonios

“…Methods A retrospective observational study of deceased patients due to severe sepsis over 5 years, from the 1st of August 2015 to the end of July 2020, that were admitted in a pediatric intensive care unit. Results Over 5-year duration of the study, the trend of cases with severe sepsis increased from 26.4% in 2015 to 40.7% in 2020. …”
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Intoxicaciones exógenas en una unidad de cuidados intensivos pediátricos Exogenous poisoning at a pediatric intensive care unit by Carlos Manuel González Brizuela, Delia Luisa Sánchez Pacheco, Margarita Verdecia Escalona, Inaudis Ramos Sánchez

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Indications and Safety of High Flow Nasal Cannula in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Retrospective Single Center Experience in Saudi Arabia by Asseri AA, AlQahtani YA, Alhanshani AA, Ali GH, Alhelali I

“…We aimed in this study to explore indications and safety of HFNC use and predictors of HFNC failure.Methods: Hospital records of 92 children with acute respiratory distress admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Abha Maternity and Children Hospital from January 2018 until March 2020 and received HFNC therapy were studied. …”
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