Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Apr 2021
Editorial CommentLet Us Not Forget Early Mortality in Pediatric Sepsis.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Apr 2021
Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes in 10 Asian Pediatric ICUs: A Pediatric Acute and Critical Care Medicine Asian Network Retrospective Study.
Traumatic brain injury remains an important cause of death and disability. We aim to report the epidemiology and management of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in Asian PICUs and identify risk factors for mortality and poor functional outcomes. ⋯ Poor functional outcomes are prevalent after pediatric traumatic brain injury in Asia. There is an urgent need for further research in these high-risk groups.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Apr 2021
Sedation With Midazolam After Cardiac Surgery in Children With and Without Down Syndrome: A Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Study.
To compare the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of IV midazolam after cardiac surgery between children with and without Down syndrome. ⋯ The majority of children with and without Down syndrome required additional sedation after cardiac surgery. This pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis does not provide evidence for different dosing of midazolam in children with Down syndrome after cardiac surgery.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Apr 2021
Avoidable Serum Potassium Testing in the Cardiac ICU: Development and Testing of a Machine-Learning Model.
To create a machine-learning model identifying potentially avoidable blood draws for serum potassium among pediatric patients following cardiac surgery. ⋯ Machine-learning methods can be used to predict avoidable blood tests accurately for serum potassium in critically ill pediatric patients. A median of 27.2% of samples could have been saved, with decreased costs and risk of infection or anemia.