OBJECTIVES To determine whether Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) hospitalization results in adverse psychological effects and to identify the contributory factors. SETTING Level III PICU of a tertiary center. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS Consecutive patients 5 years or older admitted to PICU for at least 48 hours constituted the study population. Controls were age and sex ...

Indwelling arterial lines, the clinical gold standard for continuous blood pressure (BP) monitoring in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), have significant drawbacks due to their invasive nature, ischemic risk, and impediment natural body movement. A noninvasive, wireless, accurate alternative would greatly improve quality of patient care. Recently introduced classes skin-interfaced devices o...

AIM We compared neonatal deaths and end-of-life decisions in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in a Dutch tertiary children's hospital. SUBJECTS All 235 full-term infants who died within 28 days of life between 2003 and 2013 in the NICU (n = 199) and PICU (n = 36) were retrospectively studied. RESULTS The median length of stay was three days in ...

BACKGROUND No studies have examined the effectiveness of influenza vaccine against intensive care unit (ICU) admission associated with influenza virus infection among children. METHODS In 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, children aged 6 months to 17 years admitted to 21 US pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) with acute severe respiratory illness and testing positive for influenza were enrolled as ...

Often, researchers study organizations in which design is largely in place and the design process is shrouded in the distant past. However, the design process can have dramatic implications for how organizations function. This paper reports a specific attempt to design one organizational subunit, a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), to function under difficult circumstances. The founders aim...

Central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a frequent source of health complication for patients of all ages, including for patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and Pediatric Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (PCTU). Many hospitals, including the University of Michigan Health System, currently use the International Classification of Disease (ICD) coding system...

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a sporadic disorder of chromosome abnormalities with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 15,000. It mainly affects the central nervous system, and often involves the hypothalamus. Both general and regional anesthesia for these patients is difficult mainly due to morbid obesity. Other common problems include hypotonia, disturbance in thermoregulation, arrhythmia, cor p...

This study aims to evaluate the results of research that has been published regarding effect parental involvement in child care on stress and anxiety intensive unit. The method used is a systematic review through search strategies eight electronic databases with keywords (Parent OR Parent participation Family Integrity Care Centered Care) AND (pediatric PICU NICU) Stress anxiety). obtained 12 a...

the pediatric risk of mortality (prism) score is a measure of illness severity based on abnormalities observed on bedside examination and laboratory assessment at pediatric intensive care unit (picu) admission to predict mortality probability. our study was performed on 205 patients who were admitted to picu of children’s medical center (cmc) over a period of 6 months.data were recorded prospec...