Acute lung injury in paediatric intensive care: course and outcome

Time course changes of oxidative stress and inflammation in hyperoxia-induced acute lung injury in rats

Objective(s):Therapies with high levels of oxygen are commonly used in the management of critical care. However, prolonged exposure to hyperoxia can cause acute lung injury. Although oxidative stress and inflammation are purported to play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury, the exact mechanisms are still less known in the hyperoxic acute lung injury (HALI).   Materials ...

Retracted: Time course changes of oxidative stress and inflammation in hyperoxia-induced acute lung injury in rats

Acute kidney injury in the paediatric intensive care unit: identification by modified RIFLE criteria.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence and outcome of acute kidney injury in paediatric intensive care units using the modified RIFLE score (pRIFLE). DESIGN Historical cohort study. SETTING A paediatric intensive care unit in a regional Hong Kong hospital. PATIENTS; All paediatric patients aged 1 month to 18 years admitted to a local paediatric intensive care unit in the years 2005 to 2007. M...

Epidemiology and outcome of acute lung injury in European intensive care units. Results from the ALIVE study.

OBJECTIVES To re-examine the epidemiology of acute lung injury (ALI) in European intensive care units (ICUs). DESIGN AND SETTING A 2-month inception cohort study in 78 ICUs of 10 European countries. PATIENTS All patients admitted for more than 4 h were screened for ALI and followed up to 2 months. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Acute lung injury occurred in 463 (7.1%) of 6,522 admissions a...

Paediatric intensive care transport.

A British Paediatric Association (BPA) working party into paediatric intensive care has recommended that children requiring such care should be moved to regional units by dedicated paediatric emergency transport teams.' Emergency transport of systems are less well developed in Britain than in many other European countries, Australia2 and the USA3 and there is no nationally agreed policy or stan...