Reasons for parental withdrawal of care in a pediatric intensive care unit in China. by Kiti Ho, Xia Wang, Lei Chen

“…BACKGROUND:The past decade saw the establishment of pediatric intensive care units (PICU) across China. This occurred in the context of increasing private shares of medical costs. …”
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Etiological and clinical characteristics of severe pneumonia in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) by Dongmei Chen, Lu Cao, Wenjing Li

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Serious hematological diseases in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Pinar del Río by Bárbara María Esquijarosa Roque, Ana Mercedes Guillén Cánovas, Sarah Álvarez Reinoso, María Isabel Bazabe Márquez, Jilsa Hernández García

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MONISEDA Project: Improving Analgosedation Monitoring in Spanish Pediatric Intensive Care Units by Santiago Mencía, Santiago Mencía, Santiago Mencía, Santiago Mencía, Raquel Cieza, Raquel Cieza, Raquel Cieza, Raquel Cieza, Jimena del Castillo, Jimena del Castillo, Jimena del Castillo, Jimena del Castillo, Jesús López-Herce, Jesús López-Herce, Jesús López-Herce, Jesús López-Herce, Sedation Group of Spanish Pediatric Critical Care Society (SECIP), Rocío Tapia, Raúl Borrego, Mercedes Domínguez, Cristina Calvo, Francisco Fernández, Manuel Nieto, Ana Estalella, Ana Vivanco, José Fernández-Cantalejo, David Lozano, Esther Aleo, Raúl Montero, Cristina Yun, Artur Sharluyan, Mónica Riaza, Alba Palacios, Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez

“…The Analgosedation workgroup of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Intensive Care (SECIP) carried out two surveys in 2008 and 2015, which verified the gap in analgosedation assessment in Spanish pediatric intensive care unit (PICUs). The objective of the study was to analyze how analgosedation assessment by clinical scales changed after a multicenter intervention program.Methods: This is a multicenter pre–post study comparing the use of sedation, analgesia, withdrawal, and delirium scales before and after the MONISEDA project. …”
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Intravenous immunoglobulin use in pediatric intensive care unit of a developing country by Humaira Jurair, Amber shabir, Kashif Hussain, Qalab-e- Abbas, Anwar-ul-Haque

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Red blood cell transfusion practice in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by Cibele Mendes, Dafne Cardoso Bourguignon da Silva, Rodrigo Genaro Arduini, Eduardo Juan Troster

“…Methods: A retrospective observationalstudy carried out at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Instituto da Criança of Hospital das Clínicas of Faculdade de Medicina of Universidade de São Paulo in 2004, with children that received red blood cell transfusions. …”
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Melatonin Use in Pediatric Intensive Care Units: A Single-Center Experience by Jessica L. Jacobson, Joanna Tylka, Savannah Glazer, Yanyu Zhang, Rosario Cosme, Jean M. Silvestri, Pallavi P. Patwari

“…Data were reviewed over a 5-year period at a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit for pediatric patients (ages 0–18 years) who were prescribed melatonin with the aim of identifying the frequency of and indications for use. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Cases with Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by Hasan Serdar Kıhtır, Nermin Ankay, Esra Şevketoğlu, Mey Talip Petmezci, Osman Yeşilbaş, Zeynep Kıhtır

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Contextualising simulation in emergency medicine department and pediatric intensive care unit in India by Sujatha Thyagarajan, Asit Misra

“…Emergency Department and Pediatric intensive care units are acute Pediatric care areas with high risk and require quality and safe care to deliver good outcomes to children. …”
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Scrub Typhus Associated Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by Sandip Kumar Singh, Shishir Jha, Rajnish Mishra, Sajan Kumar Thakur, Suja Gurung, Aliza Bajracharya

“…Materials and Methods: This study is a prospective observational study conducted on children with Scrub Typhus being admitted to Pediatric Intensive care Unit of Nobel Medical College during 12 months period from July 2022 to June 2023. …”
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Cost Efficacy of Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by Erica Sanford Kobayashi, Erica Sanford Kobayashi, Bryce Waldman, Branden M. Engorn, Katherine Perofsky, Katherine Perofsky, Erika Allred, Erika Allred, Benjamin Briggs, Chelsea Gatcliffe, Nanda Ramchandar, Nanda Ramchandar, Jeffrey J. Gold, Jeffrey J. Gold, Ami Doshi, Ami Doshi, Elizabeth G. Ingulli, Courtney D. Thornburg, Courtney D. Thornburg, Wendy Benson, Lauge Farnaes, Shimul Chowdhury, Seema Rego, Charlotte Hobbs, Stephen F. Kingsmore, David P. Dimmock, Nicole G. Coufal, Nicole G. Coufal, Nicole G. Coufal

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Admission Patterns and Outcome in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Tobruk Hospital by Hawa Gresh, Rehab Othman

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Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education for Pediatric Residents in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by Ryan Good, Jonathan Orsborn, Timothy Stidham

“…To fill this gap, we designed an educational resource to introduce pediatric residents to POCUS during their pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) rotation. Methods Our POCUS curriculum included content on ultrasound basics, lung ultrasound, and focused cardiac ultrasound. …”
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Mortality and associated factors among children admitted to an intensive care unit in muhimbili national hospital, from the time of admission to three months after discharge: a pro... by Rehema E. Lyimo, Yasser H. Said, Sokoine L. Kivuyo, Deogratias Nkya, Francis F. Furia

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Ventilation Weaning and Extubation Readiness in Children in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Review by Elisa Poletto, Francesca Cavagnero, Marco Pettenazzo, Davide Visentin, Laura Zanatta, Fabrizio Zoppelletto, Andrea Pettenazzo, Marco Daverio, Claudia Maria Bonardi

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Emergency management for congenital tracheal stenosis with endoluminal stenting in pediatric intensive care units by Xuan Xu, Hui Ding, Xicheng Liu, Bin Zhu, Zhichun Feng

“…Methods: From January 2010 to August 2012, 31 infants with CTS treated using stents by bronchoscope in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) were recruited for this study. …”
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Evaluation of acute respiratory distress syndrome cases in a pediatric intensive care unit by İnci Turhan, Dinçer Yıldızdaş, Ahmet Yöntem

“…Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the lung-protective mechanical ventilation strategy, early enteral nutrition, negative fluid balance, and adequacy of hospital resources in our pediatric intensive care unit. Materials and Methods: This study included 32 patients who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) during their monitoring in the pediatric intensive care unit. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Demographic, Epidemiologic, and Clinical Characteristics of Poisoning in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit by Güntülü ŞIK, Asuman DEMİRBUĞA, Agageldi ANNAYEV, Elif DELİCEO, Ali Evren TUFAN, Agop ÇITAK

“…Objective: Poisonings are significant causes of preventable morbidities and mortalities in pediatric patients hospitalized in pediatric intensive care units. In this study, we aimed to evaluate demographic and epidemiologic features, interventions, treatments, clinical course, and prognosis of patients hospitalized in pediatric intensive care unit for poisoning retrospectively.Methods: The recordings of 172 patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with acute poisoning between 2015 and 2019 were evaluated retrospectively.Results:A total of 172 patients were admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit with the diagnosis of poisoning. …”
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Prevalence of myocarditis in pediatric intensive care unit cases presenting with other system involvement by Hanaa Ibrahim Rady, Hanan Zekri

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Long-stay patients in pediatric intensive care unit: Diagnostic-specific definition and predictors. by Angelo Polito, Christophe Combescure, Yann Levy-Jamet, Peter Rimensberger, Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine

“…AIMS:To stipulate a new definition for long-stay patients (LSPs) in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). We defined LSPs as the 10% of patients with the longest PICU length-of-stay (LOS) for each age and diagnostic group. …”
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