Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Sep 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialThermal Blanket to Improve Thermoregulation in Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
To determine the effectiveness of temperature-controlled thermal blanket as additional thermoprotection. ⋯ By using thermal blanket to provide additional thermal protection for very low-birth-weight infants, the degree of hypothermia was improved, which related to fewer hypotensive cases and less dopamine usage.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Sep 2015
Evaluation of Electronic Medical Record Vital Sign Data Versus a Commercially Available Acuity Score in Predicting Need for Critical Intervention at a Tertiary Children's Hospital.
Evaluate the ability of vital sign data versus a commercially available acuity score adapted for children (pediatric Rothman Index) to predict need for critical intervention in hospitalized pediatric patients to form the foundation for an automated early warning system. ⋯ A model consisting of simultaneous vital sign abnormalities and the pediatric Rothman Index predict condition A or C in the 24-hour period prior to the event. Vital sign only prediction models have higher sensitivity than the pediatric Rothman Index but are associated with a high false-positive rate. The high specificity of the pediatric Rothman Index merits prospective evaluation as an electronic adjunct to human-triggered early warning systems.