... outcomes for children with ALI/ARDS, pediatric investigators and practitioners alike will benefit from a thorough understanding of relevant neonataland adult animal and clinical data Competing interests ... modality) and iNO therapy Gupta and colleagues [46] used gentle CMV with permissive hypercapnia and iNO and reported an overall mortality rate of 9.8% in infants with meconium aspiration syndrome and ... pressure strategy, and (c) preterm baboons treated with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation Hematoxylin and eosin; 100× With permission from Yoder and coworkers [63] intermittent mandatory ventilation-treated...
... neonates hospitalized in a neonatalintensivecare unit (NICU) face many challenges to adapt to the new environment Heat loss [1], weight loss [2], respiratory distress and cardiac instability [3] ... functions of postcontudes regression (and coefficients of correlation) for ampliLinearandage Linear regression (and coefficients of correlation) for amplitudes and amplitude indexes of PR as functions ... contributions EB and MB participated in all data collection, in the analysis and discussion of the results, and in the writing of the manuscript MO participated in clinical data collection and advised...
... the treatment and investigation were unaware of the randomised schedule and the block size Interventions Patients were randomly assigned to receive either standard insulin therapy or intensive insulin ... days intensivecare Nutrition administered toto all 504 patients during the firstdays of of intensivecare Feeding at represents the administration of nutrition between admission and a.m., and ... 250) in the standard insulin group and 36.6% (93 of 254) in the intensive insulin group ICU mortality was similar for patients of the standard insulin group and in those from the intensive insulin...
... multidisciplinary intensivecare units in Athens, Greece Respir Care 2003, 48:681-688 27 Weinert CR, Kethireddy S, Roy S: Opioids and Infections in the IntensiveCare Unit Should Clinicians and Patients ... BW, van den HS: Incidence and risk factors of deviceassociated infections and associated mortality at the intensivecare in the Dutch surveillance system IntensiveCare Med 2007, 33:271-278 24 ... duration and doses of remifentanil and midazolam used; discontinuation of remifentanil and midazolam; neuromuscular blocking agent use; and acute withdrawal Information on length of ICU stay and ICU...
... assistants and entered directly from patient charts into laptop computers by using a customized data entry program with built-in error checking and a standard manual of protocols and definitions ... of antenatal steroids, and vasopressor and sodium bicarbonate use Ment et al11 previously reported an association between lower IVH rates and cesarean section delivery and antenatal steroid use ... outcomes of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Network Pediatrics 1991;87:587-97 Cooke RWI Trends in preterm survival and incidence of cerebral haemorrhage 1980-9...
... reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in a neonatalintensivecare unit Pediatrics 2009;123:e790-6 Andrews WW, Schelonka R, Waites K, Stamm A, Cliver SP, Moser S Genital ... del reparto carenza di strutture, attrezzature, materiale e personale Misure raccomandate dalla letteratura scientifica per eradicare le epidemie Linee guida internazionali12,17 raccomandano, in ... Fraser V Eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a neonatalintensivecare unit by active surveillance and aggressive infection control measures Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol...
... children admitted to the pediatricintensivecare unit Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2004, 5:547-553 Board R, Ryan-Wenger N: Long-term effects of pediatricintensivecare unit hospitalization ... psychopathology and views on follow up Intensiveand Critical Care Nursing 2006, 22:49-55 Rees G, Gledhill J, Garralda ME, Nadel S: Psychiatric outcome following pediatricintensivecare unit (PICU) ... Followup after pediatricintensivecare treatment: parental posttraumatic stress Acta Pædiatrica 2008, 97:181-186 Colville GA, Gracey D: Mothers' recollections of the PediatricIntensiveCare Unit:...
... beds ICU = intensivecare unit Preissig and Rigby Critical Care 2010, 14:R11 http://ccforum.com/content/14/1/R11 medical advisory groups recommend routine glycemic control as standard care in adult ... Wilson DM: Association of hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, and glucose variability with morbidity and death in the pediatricintensivecare unit Pediatrics 2006, 118:173-179 Branco R, Garcia R, Piva ... level and risk of mortality in pediatric septic shock Pediatr Crit Care Med 2005, 6:470-472 10 Yung M, Wilkins B, Norton L, Slater F: Glucose control, organ failure, and mortality in pediatric intensive...
... NS Level of care Full care 1.00 Full care, but no CPR 1.23 (1.09 to 1.39) 0.001 Comfort care 1.35 (1.07 to 1.70) 0.010 *Time-independent (age, baseline creatinine, random glucose) and time-dependent ... (IQR) μmol/L Level of care, number (%) Full care 887 (97) 4799 (95) 2018 (94) Full care, but no CPR 30 (3) 258 (5) 135 (6) Comfort care (0) 11(0) (0) *Results reported as mean (standard deviation) ... signs, Glasgow Coma Score, all laboratory values and level of care (full care, full care without cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), comfort care) Severity of illness at inception (within the...
... resolution of critical illness and shorter intensivecare unit and hospital lengths of stay and interpretation, and drafting of the manuscript WIJ participated in data acquisition and drafting of the manuscript ... (DIS and SA 6), tracheostomy (DIS and SA 0), and study withdrawal (DIS and SA 1) Patients randomly assigned to DIS were more likely to withdraw from the study (P = 0.03) Five patients (4 DIS and ... EW: Efficacy and safety of a paired sedation and ventilator weaning protocol for mechanically ventilated patients in intensivecare (awakening and breathing controlled trial): a randomised controlled...
... events in pediatric inpatients Pediatrics 2003, 112:506-509 Potts AL, Barr FE, Gregory DF, Wright L, Patel NR: Computerized physician order entry and medication errors in a pediatric critical care ... entry Results The mean Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores for the HWP (19.4, standard deviation 9.5, n = 56) and CPOE (20.0, standard deviation 8.0, n = 99) periods ... prospectively look for all missed prescriptions, standard care was for the pharmacist to review admissions and note discrepancies between ward and ICU prescriptions This error occurred during the...
... maternity care, newborn care, and newborn and under-5 childhood illnesses Information on men’s awareness of their wives’ use of FP methods, taking maternity and newborn care, andcare during newborn and ... to labour and other markets and their income and assets [18,19] This affects women’s health and health-seeking behaviour in several ways, firstly, by Page of controlling behaviours and decision-making ... programme to reduce maternal, neonataland child mortality in 2005 in Nilphamari and has taken a decision to scale up in three new districts (Rangpur, Gaibandha and Mymensingh) in 2008 There...
... individual, and implements changes Evaluates patient’s and/ or other caregiver’s support systems and resources and collaborates with and supports the patient and caregivers Assists families and individuals ... in-depth knowledge and experience in pediatric primary health care including well child careand prevention/management of common pediatric acute illnesses and chronic conditions This care is provided ... critical thinking and builds collaborative, interdisciplinary relationships to provide optimal care to the patient Promotes comprehensive careand continuity of care in both primary careand specialty...
... appropriate anaesthesia and sedation, preanaesthetic preparation and techniques appropriate for adults and children for CT scan, MRI and angiography and post-investigation care An understanding of the ... anaesthetists andintensivecare doctors working in hospital practice The material in the book covers all the common pathologies encountered in hospital anaesthetic practice andintensivecare Included ... anaesthesia, intensivecareand pain management This includes pre-operative assessment and selection and interpretation of appropriate investigations It also includes knowledge of diagnostic imaging and...
... contributed to study design and concept and writing and editing of the manuscript VT: contributed to the study design and concept, writing and editing of the manuscript and provided financial support ... K23AR054334 and #5T32DK007298 The authors responsibilities were as followed LJ, LVY and SEJ: contributed to the study design and concept, statistical analysis, and writing of the manuscript HMB, GM and ... critically ill subjects in the intensivecare unit (ICU) patients diagnosed with sepsis (as defined by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) consensus...
... JR, Holland P, Rowan K, Parry GJ: Outcome at months after admission for pediatricintensive care: a report of a national study of pediatricintensivecare units in the United kingdom Pediatrics ... young pediatricintensivecare survivors of serious brain injury Pediatr Crit Care Med 2002, 3:345-350 Gemke RJ, Bonsel GJ, van Vught AJ: Long-term survival and state of health after paediatric intensive ... paediatric intensivecare Swiss Med Wkly 2007, 137:312-316 Morrison AL, Gillis J, O'Connell AJ, Schell DN, Dossetor DR, Mellis C: Quality of life of survivors of pediatricintensivecare Pediatr Crit Care...
... 82 Operating Theatre Figure personnel Percentage stress in IntensiveCareand operating theatre Percentage stress in IntensiveCareand operating theatre personnel none medium high total Chi ... from the Anaesthesia andIntensiveCare Departments of three hospital, Ferrara, Rovigo and Treviso, in northern Italy We measured subjective emotional discomfort (stress) and its correlation with ... the same environmental conditions; they carry out their duties in operating theatres andIntensiveCare units, and are confined to closed, air-conditioned environments with a lack of natural light,...
... of life after intensivecare evaluation with EQ-5D questionnaire IntensiveCare Med 2002, 28:898-907 Girard TD, Pandharipande PP, Ely EW: Delirium in the intensivecare unit Crit Care 2008, 12(Suppl ... Medicine, Surgery, and Critical Care, Section of Anaesthesiology andIntensive Care, University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy 16 15 17 18 Authors’ contributions MC and SB conceived and designed ... after intensivecare in medical cardiovascular and pulmonary patients Crit Care Med 2003, 31:2163-9 Cuthbertson BH, Scott J, Strachan M, Kilonzo M, Vale L: Quality of life before and after intensive...