Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jul 2014
ReviewTime for a Neonatal-Specific Consensus Definition for Sepsis.
To review the accuracy of the pediatric consensus definition of sepsis in term neonates and to determine the definition of neonatal sepsis used. ⋯ Neonatal sepsis is variably defined based on a number of clinical and laboratory criteria that make the study of this common and devastating condition very difficult. Diagnostic challenges and uncertain disease epidemiology necessarily result from a variable definition of disease. In 2005, intensivists caring for children recognized that as new drugs became available, children would be increasingly studied and thus, pediatric-specific consensus definitions were needed. Pediatric sepsis criteria are not accurate for term neonates and have not been examined in preterm neonates for whom the developmental stage influences aberrations associated with host immune response. Thus, specific consensus definitions for both term and preterm neonates are needed. Such definitions are critical for the interpretation of observational studies, future training of scientists and practitioners, and implementation of clinical trials in neonates.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jul 2014
Multicenter StudyVasoactive-Inotropic Score Is Associated With Outcome After Infant Cardiac Surgery: An Analysis From the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium and Virtual PICU System Registries.
To empirically derive the optimal measure of pharmacologic cardiovascular support in infants undergoing cardiac surgery with bypass and to assess the association between this score and clinical outcomes in a multi-institutional cohort. ⋯ Maximum vasoactive-inotropic score calculated in the first 24 hours after cardiac ICU admission was strongly and significantly associated with morbidity and mortality in this multi-institutional cohort of infants undergoing cardiac surgery. Maximum vasoactive-inotropic score more than or equal to 20 predicts an increased likelihood of a poor composite clinical outcome. The findings were consistent in stratified analyses by age and surgical complexity.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jul 2014
Multicenter StudyExtracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-Supported Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Following Stage 1 Palliation for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.
To report on survival from a large multicenter cohort of neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation after stage 1 palliation operation. ⋯ Mortality for neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation after stage 1 palliation is high. Lower body weight, increased duration of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support, and renal failure increased mortality.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jul 2014
Editorial CommentClonidine Infusions-Do They Have a Role in the PICU?*.