Background: There are nearly 200,000 US infants/children transported annually for specialty care and there are no published best practices in transport intubation. Objective: Respiratory interventions are a priority in pediatric and neonatal critical care transport (PNCCT). A recent Delphi study identified intubation performance as an important PNCCT quality metric, though data are insufficient...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the validity of the Canadian Paediatric Triage and Acuity Scale (PaedCTAS) for children visiting a pediatric emergency department (ED). METHODS This was a retrospective study evaluating all children who presented to a pediatric university-affiliated ED during a 1-year period. Data were retrieved from the ED database. Information regarding triage and disposition was regi...

how to cite this article: fayyazi a, karimzadeh p, torabian s, damadi s, khaje a. comparison of intravenous midazolam drip with intermittent intravenous diazepam in the treatment of refractory serial seizures in children. iran j child neurol 2012; 6(3): 15-19. objective hyperglycemia may occur in the patients affected by any kind of critical illness.this complication makes an adverse effect on ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the burden and spectrum of neurological illness in a pediatric intensive care unit and review the associated mortality. METHODS Retrospective review of medical records of children (1 mo-16 years) with acute neurological diagnosis admitted in PICU in Aga Khan University hospital from January 2008 to December 2011 was done. Basic demographic, diagnosis, neuro diagnostic proc...

1 Respiratory Critical Care and Anaesthesia Unit, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom 2 Pediatric Intensive Hospital, *See also p. 445. The views expressed are those the authors not necessarily National Health Service, Research, or U.K. Department Health. Dr. Peters’ institution received funding from Research Technology Assessment program; he support for ar...

BACKGROUND Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) results in high morbidity and mortality globally each year, although it is a vaccine-preventable disease. This study aimed to characterize the clinical features of IPD in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Taiwan. The seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced in the private sector in October 2005. The estimated covera...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between Low-Quantitative Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (LqSOFA) score and outcomes in pediatric patients with suspected infection. Methods: included 100 who presented emergency department (ED) LqSOFA calculated for each patient based on first set vital signs laboratory values obtained ED. primary interest were intens...

conclusions our study found that maximum serum glucose concentration positively correlated with the duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, and mortality. background the purpose of this study is to determine the frequency of hyperglycemia in nondiabetic critically ill children and to investigate its relationship with mechanical ventilation, length of stay and mortality. methods in t...