Sep 17, 2021

This study states that Eighty-three medical directors at 108 centers responded. After removing four duplicate responses, 79 surveys were analyzed. Seventy-nine percent (n = 62) report a written extrac...

Sep 17, 2021

This study aims to develop, as a proof of concept, a previously described (10–13) deep learning methodology, namely a long short-term memory (LSTM) recurrent neural network (RNN) to continuously ass...

Sep 17, 2021

This study states that Cellular invasion by the SARS-CoV-2 begins with binding of the viral spike protein to a transmembrane receptor, followed by viral membrane fusion with the cellular membrane afte...

Sep 17, 2021

This study states that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on all aspects of life, worldwide. It has been challenging. Professionally, all aspects o...

Sep 16, 2021

This study claims that Acute kidney injury was categorized based on duration to transient (48 hr or less) or persistent (more than 48 hr). Transient acute kidney injury occurred in 240 children (77.9%...

Sep 16, 2021

After stratifying by traumatic brain injury diagnosis, we compared ICU and hospital length of stay, pneumonia, and discharge disposition of patients with tracheostomy prior to three cut points (3, 7, ...

Sep 16, 2021

This study states that Cutaneous burns were recorded in 92.1% of patients, mouth/pharynx burns in 5.8%, inhalation injury in 5.1%, and larynx/trachea/lung burns in 4.5%. Among those with an etiology r...

Sep 16, 2021

The aim is To compare clinical characteristics and outcomes of children admitted to the PICU for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2–a related illness with or without multisystem inflamm...

Sep 16, 2021

This study states that children with complex chronic conditions often receive inpatient and end-of-life care in the ICU, yet little is known about the clinical care strategies that best support this u...

Sep 15, 2021

The objective of this study is to Pediatric venous thromboembolic events are commonly associated with in situ central venous catheters. The risk for severe venous thromboembolism increases if a larger...

Sep 15, 2021

This study states that In the whole cohort, 22 of 316 patients (7%) were determined as “death by neurologic criteria”. There were 94 of 316 patients (30%) who had an event needing cardiopulmonary ...

Sep 15, 2021

The aim is to Determine the sensitivity and specificity of point-of-care lung ultrasound in identifying the etiology of acute respiratory failure at admission to the PICU. Children older than 37 week...

Sep 15, 2021

Pediatric sepsis remains a major health problem and is a leading cause of death and long-term disability worldwide. This study aims to characterize epidemiologic, therapeutic, and outcome features of ...

Sep 15, 2021

This study states that Soluble MER has emerged as a potential biomarker for delayed resolution of inflammation after myocardial injury and a therapeutic target to reduce cardiac-related morbidity and ...

Sep 14, 2021

The aim is To evaluate the performance of the Pediatric Index of Mortality 3 as mortality risk assessment model. This prospective study included all admissions 30 days to 18 years old for 12 months du...

Sep 14, 2021

Pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We sought to summarize the literature on communication and decision-making, end-of-life care, and ...

Sep 14, 2021

This study defines Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a disease of acute hypoxemia, with 18–35% mortality in pediatrics. Increased alveolar-capillary permeability contributes to pulmonary...

Sep 14, 2021

Parents value clear communication with PICU clinicians about the possible patient and family outcomes (prognostic conversations). We describe PICU parent and attending physician reports and agreement ...

Sep 14, 2021

This study states that In hospitalized children, severe sepsis is common (8.2% prevalence) and deadly (25% mortality rate) (1,2). Bacterial bloodstream infections are an important cause of sepsis, and...

Sep 13, 2021

The dynamic nature of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) after birth necessitates reliable biomarkers to identify infants with evolving brain injury. This prospective cohort aims to use se...