Respiratory support is required in most children in the pediatric intensive care unit. Decision-support tools (paper or electronic) have been shown to improve the quality of medical care, reduce errors,…
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a serious complication of critical illness. Surveillance definitions have undergone revisions for more objective and consistent reporting. The 1 organism–1 disease paradigm for microbial involvement may…
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a syndrome of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema and hypoxia that accompanies up to 30% of deaths in pediatric intensive care units. Pediatric ARDS (PARDS) is…
Transfusion decision making (TDM) in the critically ill requires consideration of: (1) anemia tolerance, which is linked to active pathology and to physiologic reserve, (2) differences in donor RBC physiology…
The management of critically ill pediatric patients with trauma poses many challenges because of the infrequency and diversity of severe injuries and a paucity of high-level evidence to guide care…
Kathleen L. Meert, MD, FCCM, Editor Daniel A. Notterman, MA, MD, FAAP, Editor The American Board of Pediatrics first recognized Pediatric Critical Care Medicine as a separate specialty in 1987….
Approximately 5000 to 10,000 children suffer an in-hospital cardiac arrest requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) each year in the United States. Importantly, 2% to 6% of all children admitted to pediatric…
Bonita F. Stanton, MD, Consulting Editor The arrival of a critically ill child in a hospital setting stimulates a cascade of well-coordinated actions crafted to first stabilize the child and…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Christina A. Di Bartolo and Maureen K. BraunPediatrician’s Guide to Discussing Research with Patients10.1007/978-3-319-49547-7_14 14. Infectious Diseases Christina A. Di Bartolo1 and Maureen K. Braun2 (1) The Child Study Center, NYU Langone Medical…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Christina A. Di Bartolo and Maureen K. BraunPediatrician’s Guide to Discussing Research with Patients10.1007/978-3-319-49547-7_2 2. Funding and Bias Christina A. Di Bartolo1 and Maureen K. Braun2 (1) The Child Study Center, NYU Langone…
