This study was conducted in PICU of a teaching hospital to estimate the incidence of nosocomial infections, establish the clinical and bacteriological profile and identify probable exogenous source from the environment and personnel. 95 suspected cases of nosocomial infections were studied prospectively, identified as per the guidelines laid down by CDC. The rate of nosocomial infections was 27...

Pediatric intensive care (PICU) nurses play a crucial role in managing children’s pain. While virtual patient (VP) technology has shown significant benefits in assisting with the practice of healthcare, there has been little research effort in this particular setting. This paper presents a pilot evaluation study to determine the validity of VP vignettes including PICU nurses’ recognition of the...

OBJECTIVE Communicating bad news about a child's illness is a difficult task commonly faced by intensive care physicians. Greater understanding of parents' scope of experiences with bad news during their child's hospitalization will help physicians communicate more effectively. Our objective is to describe parents' perceptions of their conversations with physicians regarding their child's termi...

Appropriate nutrition is an essential component of intensive care management of children with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and is linked to patient outcomes. One out of every two children in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) will develop malnutrition or have worsening of baseline malnutrition and present with specific micronutrient deficiencies. Early and adequate enteral n...

OBJECTIVE To study the association of timing, duration, and intensity of hyperglycemia with pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) mortality in critically ill children. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING PICU of a university-affiliated, tertiary care, children's hospital. PATIENTS A total of 152 critically ill children receiving vasoactive infusions or mechanical ventilation. INTE...

conclusions the results of this study indicated that pmv predictors could be specific for each center and a good administration program is needed for each pediatric cardiac surgery center for the preoperative management of patients undergoing congenital heart surgeries. results a total of 300 patients, 56.7% male, were enrolled in this study. their mean age was 32 ± 40 months .the median durati...

OBJECTIVE To define the indications for tracheotomy in patients requiring prolonged intubation (>1 week) in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). DESIGN Retrospective chart review and follow-up telephone survey. SETTING A tertiary care center PICU. OUTCOME MEASURE Tracheotomy or extubation. PATIENTS All patients older than 30 days in the PICU intubated for longer than 1 week between...

Study aim: To identify experiences and challenges among Pediatrics Intensive Care Units nurses during COVID 19 crisis. design: the descriptive qualitative design was used. Setting: This study carried out at all (PICU) in Port Said hospitals. subject: Snowball sampling of (115) Pediatric nursing staff worked In PICU hospitals have participated this from beginning November 2020 to February 2021.D...