Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jun 2023
Hemodynamic Effects of a High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation Open-Lung Strategy in Critically Ill Children With Acquired or Congenital Cardiac Disease.
To study the hemodynamic consequences of an open-lung high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) strategy in patients with an underlying cardiac anomaly with or without intracardiac shunt or primary pulmonary hypertension with severe lung injury. ⋯ No negative hemodynamic consequences occurred with an individualized, physiology-based open-lung HFOV approach in patients with cardiac anomalies or primary pulmonary hypertension suffering from severe lung injury.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jun 2023
Primary Intensivists and Nurses for Long-Stay Patients: A Survey of Practices and Perceptions at Academic PICUs.
To determine the prevalence of the utilization of primary intensivists and primary nurses for long-stay patients in large, academic PICU and ascertain how these practices are operationalized and perceived. ⋯ Primary practices are potential strategies to augment rotating PICU care models and better serve the needs of long-stay and other patients. These practices are being utilized to varying extents and with some operationalization uniformity at large, academic PICUs.