Search Tag: Paediatrics
Metabolic-based biomarkers have potential to triage children with sepsis
2018 14 Nov
A new study has validated potential biomarkers for a sepsis-triage model to distinguish sepsis patients requiring care in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) from sepsis identified in the paediatric emergency department (PED) that does not require ICU admission. The study, led by Beata Mickiewicz and colleagues from the University of Calgary... Read more
A helping hand for paediatric intensive care
2018 01 Oct
Doctors working in the eight-bed Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid use point-of-care ultrasound extensively to evaluate the condition of critically ill children, and find it essential to their work. Dr José Luis Vázquez Mart í nez, Head of UCIP at Hospital Ramón y Cajal, with over 25... Read more
Masimo announces FDA clearance of the rainbow acoustic monitoring® RAS-45 sensor
2018 10 Sep
Masimo announced today FDA clearance of RAS-45, an acoustic respiration sensor for rainbow Acoustic Monitoring® (RAM®), for infant and neonatal patients. RAM could previously be used to monitor adult and pediatric patients greater than 10 kg using RAS-125c and RAS-45 sensors. With clearance of the RAS-45 sensor for infant and neonatal patients, acoustic... Read more
International Growth & Development Conference - IGDC 2018
2018 14 Mar
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Early Mobilisation Programme for Kids Safe, Effective
2016 19 Oct
Evaluation of a pilot mobilisation programme in the paediatric critical care unit at Johns Hopkins University found that it is effective and safe in reducing sedation and boosting early mobility. The most commonly reported barrier to early mobilisation after PICU Up! implementation was availability of appropriate equipment. But a change in mindset... Read more
Tracheal Intubation after In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children, Significant Survival Difference
2016 05 Oct
An observational study of 2294 patients from a large registry found decreased survival to hospital discharge in paediatric patients who were tracheally intubated during in-hospital cardiac arrest. Lars W. Andersen, MD, MPH, of the Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, and colleagues, analysed data from the United... Read more
Touch Creates a Healing Bond in Healthcare
2016 27 Sep
In contemporary healthcare, touch— contact between a doctor’s hand and a patient—appears to be on its way out. The expanding role of CT and MRI imaging is decreasing reliance on touch as a way of making diagnoses. Pressures to move patients through the system more quickly leave health professionals with fewer opportunities to make contact.... Read more
10 Ways to Address Moral Distress in the ICU
2016 24 Sep
Moral distress is a reality and should be addressed by a culture of frank disclosure and good team communication. Although it is hard to find the time and space to do this, there are things that can help, says paediatric intensivist, Daniel Garros, writing in Frontiers in Pediatrics. Garros, Staff intensivist, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University... Read more
EAPS 2016: European Academy of Paediatric Societies
2016 21 Oct
The Congress is organised by the three societies: the European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP), the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR) and the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC). In addition, for EAPS 2016, we are very happy that six other important European paediatric societies have accepted our invitation... Read more