Published in Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)
The objectives of the study are to describe tandem therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) and continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) patients' outcomes in a large institution. We reviewed pediatric patients receiving tandem TPE and CKRT from 2013 to 2016. Over the study period, 63 discrete patients received tandem TPE and CKRT for a total of 378 T...
BACKGROUND: A genome-wide study identified de novo DNA methylation alterations in leukocytes of children at paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) discharge, offering a biological basis for their impaired long-term development. Early parenteral nutrition (early-PN) in PICU, compared with omitting PN in the first week (late-PN), explained differentia...
Published in Clinical Epigenetics
BackgroundA genome-wide study identified de novo DNA methylation alterations in leukocytes of children at paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) discharge, offering a biological basis for their impaired long-term development. Early parenteral nutrition (early-PN) in PICU, compared with omitting PN in the first week (late-PN), explained differential ...
Published in MedEdPORTAL : the Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources
Introduction Consistent medical knowledge acquisition while caring for the critically ill can be challenging for learners and educators in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), a unit often distinguished by fluctuating acuity and severity. We implemented a standardized didactic curriculum for PICU residents to facilitate their acquisition and r...
Published in Pediatric clinics of North America
Although most pediatric intensive care units invite parents to participate in daily rounds, many families face barriers preventing them from being physically present on rounds. Telehealth for remote parent participation on daily rounds offers one solution to this problem. However, barriers threaten the implementation and sustainability of such prog...
Published in Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPN
Analgesia and sedation protocols are reported to reduce the requirement of sedative and analgesic agents, duration of mechanical ventilation, and length of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) stay. However, these studies often were conducted based on inhomogeneous cohorts. The aim of this study was the evaluation of a nurse-driven analgesia and se...
Published in Pediatric Reports
Children admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) are at risk for pressure injury due to immobility and the challenge of positioning medical devices. However, a comprehensive instrument to assess pressure injury risk is still finite. This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Braden QD Scale. The design used was a Pear...
Published in International Journal of Molecular Medicine
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection represents an excellent paradigm of precision medicine in modern paediatrics and several clinical trials are currently performed in the prevention and management of RSV infection. A new taxonomic terminology for RSV was recently adopted, while the diagnostic and omics techniques have revealed new modaliti...
Published in Physiological genomics
Precision medicine requires the translation of basic biological understanding to medical insights, mainly applied to characterization of each unique patient. In many clinical settings, this requires tools that can be broadly used to identify pathology and risks. Patients often present to the intensive care unit with broad phenotypes, including mult...
Published in The International journal of health planning and management
Healthy work environment has a significant impact on patients, health care workers, and organizations. In a trial to set up strategies to control stressors and weaknesses in the work environment, the present study took place in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) to explore the work environment and its impact on the organization commitment and c...
