Factors associated with parental consent for pediatric critical care research

Parental consent for pediatric research.

Critical care research and informed consent.

The doctrine of informed consent severely limits the ability of medical researchers to develop, evaluate, and refine investigational technologies for the treatment of patients suffering from heart attacks, strokes, and other "critical care" conditions. In this Article, Mr. Saver examines the current doctrine of informed consent as applied to critical care research and its various deficiencies. ...

Factors Associated with Adverse Outcome in Pediatric Febrile Neutropenia: Results from a Tertiary Care Hospital

Background Febrile neutropenia with childhood cancer alters the outcome significantly. To study the clinical and laboratory parameters, which predict the outcome among cancer patients with febrile neutropenia this study was undertaken. Materials and Methods The study included children less than 18 years with febrile neutropenia episodes. Clinical and hematological / laboratory parameters were r...

The Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network Critical Pertussis Study: collaborative research in pediatric critical care medicine.

OBJECTIVE To provide an updated overview of critical pertussis to the pediatric critical care community and describe a study of critical pertussis recently undertaken. SETTING The six sites, seven hospitals of the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network, and 17 outside sites at academic medical centers with pediatric intensive care units. RESULTS Despite high coverage for chi...

Parental information and presence in a pediatric critical care unit

Background Information given to families in an intensive care unit (ICU) is an ethical requirement and a medical necessity. In a pediatric area, the relationship between the physician and the patient is transformed into a triangular relationship which comprises "medical team patient and parents. Indeed, family satisfaction is a goal that fits into the overall improvement of quality of care in a...