66 DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICALLY-ILL INFANTS GREATER THAN 2500 GRAMS

Hyperammonaemia in critically ill septic infants

Three infants with subphrenic abscess, pyonephrosis, and obstructive ureterocoele respectively had grossly increased concentrations of plasma ammonia. This was considered to be a result of infections with urea splitting organisms. All died in spite of intensive care support, including specific measures to reduce plasma ammonia. (Arch Dis Child 2001;84:512–513)

Aeromedical Transport of Critically Ill Infants Less Than 3 Months of Age

Evaluation of thyroid functions in critically ill infants.

The degree to which thyroid functions are affected by non-thyroid illness and an assessment of its correlation with mortality was evaluated. Thirty infants (20 M, 10 F) with a mean age of 433 +/- 3.28 months (+/- 1 SD), with severe acute systemic illness and 30 healthy controls, age and sex matched, were studied for total serum T3, T4 and TSH levels at admission and recovery or before death. Se...

Continuous renal replacement therapy for critically ill infants and children.

INTRODUCTION Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is an important treatment in critically ill children with acute kidney injury (AKI). Over the past decade, CRRT has been the preferred method of renal replacement therapy. We compared children with CRRT-treated adults with AKI in terms of return of kidney function (renal recovery (RR)) and mortality. Furthermore, we compared RR and mortal...

Defining pneumonia in critically ill infants and children.

OBJECTIVE To define pneumonia in critically ill children in the intensive care unit setting for surveillance of infection and for the design, conduct, and evaluation of clinical trials in the prevention and therapy of lower respiratory tract infections in this population. DESIGN Summary of the literature with review and consensus by experts in the field. RESULTS A variety of diagnostic crit...