Pediatric critical care is a relatively new field, tracing its origins to the polio epidemics that killed large numbers of children, birthed by ongoing efforts in pediatric anesthesiology and neonatology, and nourished by parallel advances in pediatric pulmonology, cardiology, nephrology, adult critical care, general, cardiothoracic, neurosurgery, or other fields. Although not many pediatric in...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical presentations and outcomes of children with intraventricular hemorrhages (IVHs) after blunt head trauma (BHT). DESIGN Subanalysis of a large, prospective, observational cohort study performed from June 1, 2004, through September 31, 2006. SETTING Twenty-five emergency departments participating in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network. Patie...