Pediatric critical care.

Determining pediatric intensive care unit quality indicators for measuring pediatric intensive care unit safety.

INTRODUCTION The measurement of quality and patient safety continues to gain increasing importance, as these measures are used for both healthcare improvement and accountability. Pediatric care, particularly that provided in pediatric intensive care units, is sufficiently different from adult care that specific metrics are required. BODY: Pediatric critical care requires specific measures for b...

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...

Critical care for pediatric asthma: wide care variability and challenges for study.

OBJECTIVES To describe pediatric severe asthma care, complications, and outcomes to plan for future prospective studies by the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING : Pediatric intensive care units in the United States that submit administrative data to the Pediatric Health Information System. PATIENTS Children 1-18 yrs old trea...

Recognizing Pediatric Sepsis: Do the Concepts Help Us to Focus Appropriately?

Pediatric critical care medicine: planning for our research future.

OBJECTIVE To introduce to the pediatric critical care medicine community a new program in pediatric critical care medicine at the National Institutes of Health. DATA SOURCE Summary of literature review and conference proceedings. DATA SYNTHESIS At the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), a new program in pediatric critical care and rehabilitation research has be...

Pediatric Mass Casualty Incident: A Real Crisis Mandating Inter-Disciplinary Coordination, Considering Ethical Issues

Interdisciplinary coordination of the director of crisis committee with emergency and other department's staff, financial support team, public relations, rehabilitation team,and police are required to successfully manage mass casualty incidents (MCIs). Prevention, staff training, equipment availability, clear-cut responsibilities and predicting all requirements are crucial aspects to be prepare...