Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Dec 2016
Observational StudyPICU Up!: Impact of a Quality Improvement Intervention to Promote Early Mobilization in Critically Ill Children.
To determine the safety and feasibility of an early mobilization program in a PICU. ⋯ Implementation of a structured and stratified early mobilization program in the PICU was feasible and resulted in no adverse events. PICU Up! increased physical therapy and occupational therapy involvement in the children's care and increased early mobilization activities, including ambulation. A bundled intervention to create a healing environment in the PICU with structured activity may have benefits for short- and long-term outcomes of critically ill children.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Dec 2016
Multicenter Study Observational StudyFunctional Status Scale in Children With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study.
In children with traumatic brain injury, 1) to describe the hospital discharge functional outcome and change from baseline function using the Functional Status Scale and 2) to determine any associations between discharge Functional Status Scale and age, injury mechanism, neurologic examination, imaging, and other predictors of outcome. ⋯ More than one-third of survivors, and approximately half of survivors with severe traumatic brain injury, will have new morbidity. Hospital discharge Functional Status Scale, change from baseline Functional Status Scale, and new morbidity acquisition can be used as outcome measures for hospital-based care process improvement initiatives and interventional studies of children with traumatic brain injury.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Dec 2016
Editorial CommentImproving Measurement of Outcomes in Cardiac Arrest Trials.