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Hyperglycemia and insulin therapy in the critically ill child *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 303DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318198b012Authors: Nayak, Prabhakar MRCPCH; Lang, Hans MRCPCH; Parslow, Roger PhD; Davies, Paul PhD; Morris, Kevin FRCPCH, MD; on behalf of the UK Paediatric Intensive Care Society Study Group (PICS SG)
Categories: General Pediatrics

Reduction of hospital mortality and of preventable cardiac arrest and death on introduction of a pediatric medical emergency team *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 306DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318198b02cAuthors: Tibballs, James MB, BS, MD, BMedSc, MEd, MBA, MHlth&MedLaw, GradDipArts, FANZCA, FJFICM, FACLM; Kinney, Sharon RN, MN, PhD
Categories: General Pediatrics

Cardiopulmonary interaction.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 313DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31819887f0Authors: Bronicki, Ronald A. MD; Anas, Nick G. MD
Categories: General Pediatrics

Severe invasive community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in previously healthy children *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 323DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181988798Authors: Creel, Amy M. MD; Durham, Spencer H. PharmD; Benner, Kim W. PharmD; Alten, Jeffrey A. MD; Winkler, Margaret K. MD
Categories: General Pediatrics

Effect of alternative chest compression techniques in infant and child on rescuer performance *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 328DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31819886abAuthors: Udassi, Jai P. MD, FAAP; Udassi, Sharda MD, FAAP; Theriaque, Douglas W. MS; Shuster, Jonathan J. PhD; Zaritsky, Arno L. MD, FAAP, FCCM; Haque, Ikram U. MD, FAAP
Categories: General Pediatrics

Continuing Medical Education Questions.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 334DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a1594d
Categories: General Pediatrics

Children undergoing heart transplant are at increased risk for postoperative vasodilatory shock *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 335DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a316c0Authors: Killinger, James S. MD; Hsu, Daphne T. MD, FACC; Schleien, Charles L. MD, FCCM; Mosca, Ralph S. MD, FACS; Hardart, George E. MD, MPH
Categories: General Pediatrics

Anti-inflammatory modalities: Their current use in pediatric cardiac surgery in the United Kingdom and Ireland *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 341DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a3105dAuthors: Allen, Meredith FRACP, PhD; Sundararajan, Santosh MD; Pathan, Nazima MRCPCH, PhD; Burmester, Margarita MRCPCH; Macrae, Duncan FRCA
Categories: General Pediatrics

External ventricular drains in pediatric patients *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 346DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a320cdAuthors: Ngo, Quang N. MD; Ranger, Adrianna MD, FRCSC; Singh, Ram N. MBBS, FRCPC; Kornecki, Alik MD; Seabrook, Jamie A. MA; Fraser, Douglas D. MD, PhD, FRCPC
Categories: General Pediatrics

Difficult conversations: Improving communication skills and relational abilities in health care *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 352DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a3183aAuthors: Meyer, Elaine C. PhD, RN; Sellers, Deborah E. PhD; Browning, David M. MSW, BCD; McGuffie, Kimberly EdM; Solomon, Mildred Z. EdD; Truog, Robert D. MD
Categories: General Pediatrics

Hand hygiene adherence is influenced by the behavior of role models.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 360DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a32f16Authors: Schneider, James MD; Moromisato, David MD; Zemetra, Beth RN; Rizzi-Wagner, Lisa RN; Rivero, Niurka MD; Mason, Wilbert MD; Imperial-Perez, Flerida RN; Ross, Lawrence MD
Categories: General Pediatrics

Utility of blood cultures in postoperative pediatric intensive care unit patients *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 364DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a31bb7Authors: Kiragu, Andrew W. MD; Zier, Judith MD; Cornfield, David N. MD
Categories: General Pediatrics

Pediatricians' attitudes toward resuscitation in children with chronic illnesses.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 369DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a31790Authors: Hoehn, K Sarah MD, MBe; Acharya, Kruti MD; Joseph, Josh W. BA, BS; Ross, Lainie Friedman MD, PhD
Categories: General Pediatrics

Profile and consequences of children requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation in three Brazilian pediatric intensive care units.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 375DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a3225dAuthors: Traiber, Cristiane MD, MSc; Piva, Jefferson P. MD, PhD; Fritsher, Carlos C. MD, PhD; Garcia, Pedro Celiny R. MD, PhD; Lago, Patricia M. MD, PhD; Trotta, Eliana A. MD, MSc; Ricachinevsky, Claudia P. MD, MSc; Bueno, Fernanda U. MD, MSc; Baecker, Veronica MD; Lisboa, Bianca D. MD
Categories: General Pediatrics

The use of dexmedetomidine in critically ill children.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 381DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181a3191fAuthors: Czaja, Angela S. MD, MSc; Zimmerman, Jerry J. MD, PhD
Categories: General Pediatrics

National survey of pediatric critical care medicine fellowship clinical and research time allocation *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 397DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e318198b14bAuthors: Morrison, Wynne E. MD, FAAP; Helfaer, Mark A. MD, FCCM, FAAP; Nadkarni, Vinay M. MD, MS, FCCM, FAHA, FAAP
Categories: General Pediatrics

Should we avoid transfusion in the pediatric intensive care unit? *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 400DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31819adef8Authors: Gauvin, France MD, FRCPC, FAAP; Lacroix, Jacques MD, FRCPC, FAAP
Categories: General Pediatrics

Variation in clinical practice underscores the need for replicable clinical research methods *.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:00
Page: 401DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31819ae106Authors: Hirshberg, Eliotte MD
Categories: General Pediatrics