Coarctation is a constriction or narrowing of the aorta and presents most commonly within the first two weeks of life. This article reviews a case study of an infant diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta on day 8 of life. It includes an overview of the etiology, clinical presentation, and management plus an account of the infant's transport to a regional pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Respiratory distress is a common phenomenon in children with cancer. It is the most frequent cause of admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in this group of patients. Its etiology is varied, and early and appropriate treatment is required. This review describes the most prevalent forms of respiratory distress in children with cancer without bone marrow transplantation. The sympt...

Background: Paediatric critical care medicine is a challenging contemporary subspecialty. The development of paediatric intensive care has contributed to the improved survival of critically ill children. Aim: To study andanalysethe deaths occurring over a period of one year in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of a tertiary care teaching hospital. Methods: A prospective observational cohor...

Ventricular arrhythmia was once regarded uncommon in infants and children, since most cardiac arrests were thought to be hypoxia-induced bradycardia followed by asystole. Furthermore, ischemic heart disease, the basis for many of the ventricular arrhythmias in adults, is rare in pediatric patients. However, with the advent of pediatric critical care, improved techniques of extracorporeal life s...

INTRODUCTION Delirium is common in adult intensive care, with validated tools for measurement, known risk factors and adverse neurocognitive outcomes. We aimed to determine what is known about pediatric delirium in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). METHODS We conducted a systematic search for and review of studies of the accuracy of delirium diagnosis in children in the PICU. Secondar...