OBJECTIVE To determine how many children are admitted to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with life-limiting conditions (LLCs) and their outcomes. DESIGN National cohort, data-linkage study. SETTING PICUs in England. PATIENTS Children admitted to a UK PICU (1 January 2004 and 31 March 2015) were identified in the Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network dataset. Linkage to hospital ep...

Shock is one of the most common reasons that children are admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Early recognition and reversal of the shock state are essential to improved outcomes. Unfortunately, shock as a distinct disease state is frequently misunderstood and underrecognized. For example, the clinical definition of shock remains controversial, in large part due to vast number...

OBJECTIVE The Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) score is one of the scores used by many pediatricians for prediction of the mortality risk in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Herein, we intend to evaluate the efficacy of PRISM score in prediction of mortality rate in PICU. METHODS In this cohort study, 221 children admitted during an 18-month period to PICU, were enrolled. PRISM sc...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the Pediatric Risk of Morality Score (PRISM score) as a tool to distinguish which patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) or pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) would survive neurologically intact from those who would die or survive with severe neurologic impairment following a submersion incident. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING A regional ter...

BACKGROUND Bone loss has been documented in adults in intensive care wards. Children admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICU) are also exposed to many potential risk factors for bone loss such as immobilization, catabolic state, and nutritional depletion. Quantitative ultrasound technique that measures speed of sound (SOS) correlates with bone mineral density (BMD) and strength. Herein...

OBJECTIVE To assess the extent of use of drugs not appropriate for children in prescriptions issued in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), according to FDA standards. METHODS Observational cross-sectional study. The prescriptions issued to all patients admitted to the PICU at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil, over a six-week period were assessed. Patients' age, sex, w...

Objective: To evaluate the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients that presented to our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) between January 1, 2016 December 31, 2018 were followed up for at least 24 hours.
 Materials Methods: In this study, 876 admission files who PICU 01, examined. The data 751 admissions belonging 640 with complete archive records patient information forms...

Objective: It is suggested that vitamin D regulates the immune response in infectious and autoimmune diseases. In our study, we aimed to compare levels pediatric patients with severity of COVID-19 disease a healthy control group.
 
 Material Methods: Retrospectively, compared serum between 1 month 18 years age who were followed up diagnosis intensive care unit (PICU) ward Necip Fazıl ...