BACKGROUND/AIM To collect data from throughout Turkey in order to facilitate the organization of pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), and to develop short-term immediate action plans and draft long-term strategic plans. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 35 specialists including 17 pediatric critical care (PCC) specialists, 9 PCC fellows in training, and 9 pediatricians working in PICUs eval...

BACKGROUND To compare the performance of the Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM), the Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 (PIM 2) and Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction (PELOD) scores at general pediatric intensive care unit in a developing country setting, investigating the relation between observed and predicted mortality. METHOD A contemporary cohort study was undertaken at Pediatric Intensiv...

OBJECTIVE To identify and summarize the requirements of an optimized CPOE application for pediatric intensive care. METHODS We analyzed the medication process and its documentation in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units (PICU/NICU) of two university hospitals using workflow analysis techniques, with the aim of implementing computer-supported physician order entry (CPOE). RESULTS...

BACKGROUND Nurse practitioners (NPs) in pediatric intensive care units have increased dramatically over recent years. Although state regulations are changing pediatric nurse practitioner certification, licensure and credentialing requirements, available acute care, and critical care educational programs are limited. Thus, entry-level practitioners continue to have varied clinical experience and...

OBJECTIVE to assess whether 25hydroxivitaminD or 25(OH)vitD deficiency has a high prevalence at pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission, and whether it is associated with increased prediction of mortality risk scores. METHOD prospective observational study comparing 25(OH)vitD levels measured in 156 patients during the 12 hours after critical care admission with the 25(OH)vitD levels o...

OBJECTIVE To investigate parents' perspectives on the desirability, content, and conditions of a physician-parent conference after their child's death in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). STUDY DESIGN Audio-recorded telephone interviews were conducted with 56 parents of 48 children. All children died in the PICU of one of six children's hospitals in the National Institute of Child Hea...

Cite this article: Sciandra DA, Joshi P, Heard C (2017) Dexmedetomidine for the Difficult to Sedate PICU Patient: A Case Series. Int J Clin Anesthesiol 5(4): 1077. *Corresponding author Deborah A. Sciandra, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, NY, 14222, USA, Tel: 716 878 7442; 716 418 6300; Fax: 7...

background: energy deficit is a common and serious problem in pediatric intensive care units. parenteral nutrition, either alone or in combination with enteral nutrition, can improve nutrient delivery in critically ill patients by preventing or correcting the energy deficit and improving the outcomes. intralipid 10% and 20% are lipid emulsions, widely used in parenteral nutrition. despite sever...

Mouth care has a crucial role in preventing mucositis pediatric patients who admitted to intensive unit and undergoing mechanical ventilation. Aim: was aimed assess oral cavity for children ventilated at Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Subjects method: A descriptive research design used. The study were included 60 (>6 years age) PICU Tools: Data collection tools included: Socio-demographic chara...

OBJECTIVE The role of initial serum uric acid on admission in critically ill patients is controversial; we presumed that uric acid level can predict the mortality of the admitted patients to intensive care unit as a simple test. METHODS Totally, 220 consecutively admitted children (96 girls, 124 boys) with mean age 3.5 years, who were at least 24 hours in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU),...