Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Sep 2023
Distribution, Consequences, and Determinants of Time to Antibiotics in Children With Community-Onset Severe Bacterial Infection: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Population-Based Study.
To describe the distribution, consequences and potential determinants of time to antibiotics administration in children with community-onset severe bacterial infections (COSBIs). ⋯ For children with COSBI, we found no significant association between medical interval and mortality or severe sequelae. An initial hospital referral could help reduce the time to antibiotics in COSBIs.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Sep 2023
Observational StudyPre-Extubation Cuffed Tube Leak Test and Subsequent Post-Extubation Laryngeal Edema: Prospective, Single-Center Evaluation of PICU Patients.
We performed our standard air leak, leak percentage, and cuff leak percentage tests in pediatric patients intubated with microcuff pediatric tracheal tubes (MPTTs) just before extubation. We examined the association between test findings and the subsequent occurrence of post-extubation laryngeal edema (PLE). ⋯ The pre-extubation leak tests in current practice for intubated pediatric patients in the PICU all lack diagnostic accuracy for PLE.