[PDF] Top 20 Monitoring Patients in Pediatric Intensive Care

... Daily evalua- tions of therapeutic and monitoring care modalities were accomplished with the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) and daily assessments of severity of ill- ness[r] ... See full document

... The value of a predictive score lies in its accuracy. The existence of variables that can substantially affect patient mortality but that are not included in widely used predictive scores makes accurate comparison of ... See full document

... assessments. Patients were excluded if they were allergic to beta-lactams, had been treated with cefepime within the last 15 days, or were requiring dialy- sis at the time of ... See full document

... analgosedated intensive care patients, who agreed to this study by themselves or through legal representatives before intubation, were in- ...49 patients were included in the study, and 538 ... See full document

... clude that physicians caring for children should be aware of HIT-associated thrombosis as a severe side effect of heparin administration. Critically ill new- borns and children represent a high-risk group. Our ... See full document

... Selected factors were tested for their association with presumed importation of a resistant Gram-neg- ative rod into the ICU. The analyses yielded identical results (that is, all associations that were statistically ... See full document

... these patients arrived late with multiple complications leading to mortality despite the best available ...trained pediatric intensivist can deliver high quality care with much higher efficiency than ... See full document

... predictions did not change when compared with predictions made 48 hours later. Poses proposed that such findings were evidence that physicians “could not take advantage of sequential clinical information over time.” We ... See full document

... Fifty-seven children developed 65 episodes of pri- mary bloodstream infections during their PICU stay. Five episodes of bloodstream infection were polymi- crobial, and 7 patients had multiple bloodstream in- ... See full document

... nursing care that leads to better patient ...better care based on the patient’s ...in care, and resource ...of patients are clinical judgment, clinical inquiry, caring practices, diversity of ... See full document

... Results: CGM values exhibited a considerable variability without any correlation with the examined laboratory parameters. Clarke, Bland-Altman analysis and Pearson ’ s correlation coefficient demonstrated a good clinical ... See full document

... Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are extremely ill, need frequent monitoring and support, and has the highest reported hospital mortality ...ICU patients and their short-term ...ICU ... See full document

... Control observations were made during the first 2 hours of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) care of patients emergently admitted from within the same institution and not requiring in[r] ... See full document

... Arterial blood gas specimens were sent when clinically indi- cated. The blood was drawn by the bedside nurse when the Paratrend 7 indicated that its readings were stable, these readings were recorded immediately before ... See full document

... hemodynamic monitoring, infusion of intravenous medication, infusion of intravenous fluids, chemotherapy, blood products, and parenteral ...some pediatric patients with acute and chronic illness, ... See full document

... reaction monitoring systems had their birth after the land mark event of thalidomide ...of intensive monitoring approach based on active surveillance of records might be helpful in better detection ... See full document

... Six patients received NO therapy during the study period: 3 patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and 3 patients in the pediatric intensive care unit ... See full document

... 59 patients, ...in patients than in controls; p value was ...the patients had both polymorphisms of TLR2 and ...33 patients who died, 7 (21%) were carriers of the wild type TLR 2-1350 TC/CC, ... See full document

... the patients analyzed. The patients developed injuries within an average of 18 hours of use, enabling us to infer that care and constant vigilance significantly affect the onset of injuries and that ... See full document

... of patients whose care did and did not involve ...1) patients with any type of conflict; and 2) patients with team-family conflicts ...all patients that did not have any conflict; in ... See full document